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Kern County, California

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

Total declarations
40
1967 to 2024
Tracked FEMA aid
$165.8M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Fire
2,537 registrations tracked
Most recent event
DR-5522
Jul 27, 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.

Emergency Protective Measures$141.3M
Water Control Facilities$5.2M
Roads and Bridges$2.9M
Management Costs$2.5M
Debris Removal$2.2M
Buildings and Equipment$861K
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$596K
Utilities$85K
Total PA obligated$155.8M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations2,537
IHP / household aid$10.0M
Housing assistance$2.9M
Other needs assistance$7.2M
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 2024Kern County

BOREL FIRE

FM-5522-CA · Jul 25, 2024 to Aug 10, 2024
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
FireAug 2021Kern County

FRENCH FIRE

FM-5416-CA · Aug 24, 2021 to Sep 6, 2021
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Kern County

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

DR-4482-CA · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$137.9MPA obligated
1,264Registrations
$7.0MHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Kern County

COVID-19

EM-3428-CA · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
EarthquakeJul 2019Kern County

EARTHQUAKES

EM-3415-CA · Jul 4, 2019 to Jul 12, 2019
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
FireAug 2016Kern County

CEDAR FIRE

FM-5150-CA · Aug 16, 2016 to Sep 8, 2016
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
FireJun 2016Kern County

ERSKINE FIRE

FM-5131-CA · Jun 23, 2016 to Jul 6, 2016
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
FireAug 2014Kern County

WAY FIRE

FM-5075-CA · Aug 18, 2014 to Aug 23, 2014
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
FireSep 2011Kern County

CANYON FIRE

FM-2961-CA · Sep 4, 2011 to Sep 11, 2011
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
FireSep 2010Kern County

CANYON FIRE

FM-2858-CA · Sep 14, 2010 to Sep 20, 2010
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
FireAug 2010Kern County

POST FIRE

FM-2852-CA · Aug 24, 2010 to Aug 29, 2010
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
FireJul 2010Kern County

WEST FIRE

FM-2850-CA · Jul 27, 2010 to Aug 2, 2010
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
FireJul 2010Kern County

BULL FIRE

FM-2849-CA · Jul 26, 2010 to Jul 30, 2010
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
FireJun 2008Kern County

WILDFIRES

EM-3287-CA · Jun 20, 2008 to Aug 20, 2008
$50KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
FreezingMar 2007Kern County

SEVERE FREEZE

DR-1689-CA · Jan 11, 2007 to Jan 17, 2007
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
IA, HMPrograms
FireJul 2002Kern County

DEER FIRE

FM-2450-CA · Jul 21, 2002 to Jul 27, 2002
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
FreezingFeb 1991Kern County

SEVERE FREEZE

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

DROUGHT

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

Disaster history context for Kern County

Kern County, California has 40 FEMA disaster declarations on record, spanning from 1967 to 2024. The dominant hazard type is fire, followed by coastal storm. That is above the California average of 28 declarations per county. Total tracked FEMA obligations for this county exceed $165.8M, 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.