Date uploaded: 2023-01-18 21:29:45
Almost every county in the U.S. – 98% – has been the site of at least one major federally declared disaster in the past 33 years.
The 50 counties that escaped a single disaster declaration are primarily in the Intermountain West: Nevada (six counties); Utah (six counties); Idaho (five counties); Wyoming (five counties); and Colorado (one county). Michigan (26) and Wisconsin (one) were the two states east of the Rockies with counties that had no disasters.
USA TODAY's county analysis excluded disaster declarations related to the COVID-19 pandemic, which covered every state, as well as those for terrorism, fishing losses and "human causes."
From hurricanes to fires, head to the link in bio to see what natural disasters are affecting counties the most.
