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Butte County, California

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

Total declarations
39
1964 to 2024
Tracked FEMA aid
$279.7M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Fire
27,153 registrations tracked
Most recent event
DR-5519
Jul 25, 2024
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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.

Utilities$61.1M
Roads and Bridges$51.1M
Emergency Protective Measures$40.0M
Buildings and Equipment$10.4M
Debris Removal$8.9M
Management Costs$4.1M
Emergency Work Donated Resources$3.4M
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$1.1M
Total PA obligated$181.2M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations27,153
IHP / household aid$98.6M
Housing assistance$64.3M
Other needs assistance$34.3M
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.

FireJul 2024Butte County

PARK FIRE

FM-5519-CA · Jul 24, 2024 to Aug 20, 2024
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
FireJul 2024Butte County

THOMPSON FIRE

FM-5502-CA · Jul 2, 2024 to Jul 6, 2024
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
FireSep 2020Butte County

BEAR FIRE

FM-5363-CA · Aug 17, 2020
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
FireAug 2020Butte County

WILDFIRES

DR-4558-CA · Aug 14, 2020 to Sep 26, 2020
$10.1MPA obligated
3,021Registrations
$11.3MHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Butte County

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

DR-4482-CA · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$6.1MPA obligated
249Registrations
$1.2MHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Butte County

COVID-19

EM-3428-CA · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
FireNov 2018Butte County

WILDFIRES

DR-4407-CA · Nov 8, 2018 to Nov 25, 2018
$146.6MPA obligated
22,817Registrations
$84.5MHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
FireNov 2018Butte County

WILDFIRES

EM-3409-CA · Nov 8, 2018 to Nov 25, 2018
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
FireNov 2018Butte County

CAMP FIRE

FM-5278-CA · Nov 8, 2018
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
FireOct 2017Butte County

WILDFIRES

DR-4344-CA · Oct 8, 2017 to Oct 31, 2017
$106KPA obligated
496Registrations
$620KHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
FireJul 2017Butte County

WALL FIRE

FM-5189-CA · Jul 7, 2017 to Jul 17, 2017
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
FireJul 2008Butte County

CAMP FIRE

FM-2782-CA · Jun 21, 2008
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
FireJun 2008Butte County

WILDFIRES

EM-3287-CA · Jun 20, 2008 to Aug 20, 2008
$1.4MPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
FireJun 2008Butte County

HUMBOLDT FIRE

FM-2771-CA · Jun 11, 2008 to Jun 18, 2008
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
FireJun 2008Butte County

OPHIR FIRE

FM-2770-CA · Jun 10, 2008 to Jun 13, 2008
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
FreezingFeb 1991Butte County

SEVERE FREEZE

DR-894-CA · Dec 19, 1990 to Jan 3, 1991
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
IAPrograms
DroughtJan 1977Butte County

DROUGHT

EM-3023-CA · Jan 20, 1977
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms