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Lassen County, California

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

Total declarations
19
1964 to 2021
Tracked FEMA aid
$3.8M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Fire
406 registrations tracked
Most recent event
DR-4610
Aug 24, 2021
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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.

Roads and Bridges$1.5M
Emergency Protective Measures$1.1M
Utilities$313K
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$259K
Debris Removal$209K
Buildings and Equipment$121K
Management Costs$43K
Total PA obligated$3.5M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations406
IHP / household aid$265K
Housing assistance$104K
Other needs assistance$161K
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.

FireAug 2021Lassen County

WILDFIRES

DR-4610-CA · Jul 14, 2021 to Oct 25, 2021
$1.2MPA obligated
311Registrations
$81KHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
FireJul 2021Lassen County

DIXIE FIRE

FM-5400-CA · Jul 20, 2021
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
FireAug 2020Lassen County

SHEEP FIRE

FM-5339-CA · Aug 17, 2020
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
FireAug 2020Lassen County

WILDFIRES

DR-4558-CA · Aug 14, 2020 to Sep 26, 2020
$263KPA obligated
67Registrations
$57KHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Lassen County

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

DR-4482-CA · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$5KPA obligated
28Registrations
$127KHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Lassen County

COVID-19

EM-3428-CA · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
FireAug 2014Lassen County

BALD FIRE

FM-5069-CA · Aug 2, 2014 to Aug 9, 2014
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
DroughtJan 1977Lassen County

DROUGHT

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

Disaster history context for Lassen County

Lassen County, California has 19 FEMA disaster declarations on record, spanning from 1964 to 2021. The dominant hazard type is fire, followed by flood. That is below the California average of 28 declarations per county. Total tracked FEMA obligations for this county exceed $3.8M, 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.