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Kings County, California

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

Total declarations
19
1969 to 2023
Tracked FEMA aid
$63.5M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Flood
275 registrations tracked
Most recent event
DR-4699
Apr 3, 2023
Cross-link

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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$55.0M
Water Control Facilities$3.1M
Management Costs$2.7M
Roads and Bridges$467K
Debris Removal$393K
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$314K
Buildings and Equipment$23K
Total PA obligated$62.0M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations275
IHP / household aid$1.4M
Housing assistance$0
Other needs assistance$1.4M
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.

BiologicalMar 2020Kings County

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

DR-4482-CA · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$39.8MPA obligated
275Registrations
$1.4MHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Kings County

COVID-19

EM-3428-CA · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
FreezingMar 2007Kings County

SEVERE FREEZE

DR-1689-CA · Jan 11, 2007 to Jan 17, 2007
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
IA, HMPrograms
DroughtJan 1977Kings County

DROUGHT

EM-3023-CA · Jan 20, 1977
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
FloodAug 1969Kings County

FLOODING

DR-270-CA · Aug 15, 1969
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
IA, PAPrograms
About this county

Disaster history context for Kings County

Kings County, California has 19 FEMA disaster declarations on record, spanning from 1969 to 2023. The dominant hazard type is flood, followed by coastal storm. That is below the California average of 28 declarations per county. Total tracked FEMA obligations for this county exceed $63.5M, 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.