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Maricopa County, Arizona

County-level FEMA declaration history, assistance rollups, and flood insurance context for Maricopa County.

Total declarations
26
1966 to 2024
Tracked FEMA aid
$629.6M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Fire
7,123 registrations tracked
Most recent event
DR-5501
Jun 28, 2024
Cross-link

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The same county on FloodZoneMap.org covers flood-zone context, map interpretation, and related flood insurance questions that sit adjacent to this disaster-history page.

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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.

Emergency Protective Measures$580.7M
Management Costs$13.3M
Water Control Facilities$1.7M
Debris Removal$1.3M
Roads and Bridges$1.2M
Buildings and Equipment$732K
Section 324 Management Costs$639K
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$283K
Total PA obligated$600.2M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations7,123
IHP / household aid$29.4M
Housing assistance$0
Other needs assistance$29.4M
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.

FireJun 2024Maricopa County

ROSE FIRE

FM-5496-AZ · Jun 12, 2024 to Jun 14, 2024
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
FireJun 2023Maricopa County

DIAMOND FIRE

FM-5466-AZ · Jun 27, 2023 to Jun 30, 2023
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalApr 2020Maricopa County

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

DR-4524-AZ · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$587.9MPA obligated
7,123Registrations
$29.4MHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Maricopa County

COVID-19

EM-3442-AZ · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
FloodApr 1966Maricopa County

FLOODING

DR-217-AZ · Apr 30, 1966
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
IA, PAPrograms
About this county

Disaster history context for Maricopa County

Maricopa County, Arizona has 26 FEMA disaster declarations on record, spanning from 1966 to 2024. The dominant hazard type is fire, followed by flood. That is above the Arizona average of 17 declarations per county. Total tracked FEMA obligations for this county exceed $629.6M, 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.