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Nome Census Area, Alaska

County-level FEMA declaration history, assistance rollups, and flood insurance context for Nome Census Area.

Total declarations
11
1989 to 2025
Tracked FEMA aid
$23.2M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Severe Storm
213 registrations tracked
Most recent event
DR-4893
Oct 22, 2025
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Federal spending

Public + individual assistance structure

Public assistance totals come from FEMA project-level obligations. Individual assistance totals prioritize the validated or intake totals without double counting both sources together.

Public assistance

Infrastructure repair, debris removal, emergency measures, and related project obligations.

Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$10.5M
Emergency Protective Measures$4.7M
Water Control Facilities$4.5M
Roads and Bridges$1.7M
Buildings and Equipment$173K
Debris Removal$168K
Utilities$98K
Management Costs$14K
Total PA obligated$21.9M

Individual assistance

Registrations, housing assistance, and other-needs dollars surfaced through the FEMA assistance datasets.

Tracked registrations213
IHP / household aid$1.4M
Housing assistance$449K
Other needs assistance$912K
NFIP claims paid$0
Timeline

Every declaration on record for this county

Ordered newest to oldest so recent search intent is handled first, without losing the long historical tail.

FloodAug 2023Nome Census Area

FLOODING

DR-4730-AK · May 12, 2023 to Jun 3, 2023
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Nome Census Area

COVID-19

EM-3446-AK · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
About this county

Disaster history context for Nome Census Area

Nome Census Area, Alaska has 11 FEMA disaster declarations on record, spanning from 1989 to 2025. The dominant hazard type is severe storm, followed by biological. That is above the Alaska average of 7 declarations per county. Total tracked FEMA obligations for this county exceed $23.2M, split between public infrastructure repair and individual household assistance.

Public assistance covers debris removal, emergency protective measures, and infrastructure repair managed through FEMA project obligations. Individual assistance includes housing aid, other-needs grants, and validated registrations reported through the IHP datasets. These figures reflect what FEMA's open datasets report — actual disbursements to individuals and local agencies may differ from the obligation totals shown here.