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Los Angeles County, California

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

Total declarations
88
1969 to 2025
Tracked FEMA aid
$2.6B
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Fire
339,099 registrations tracked
Most recent event
DR-5605
Aug 8, 2025
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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$2.0B
Roads and Bridges$61.7M
Management Costs$44.6M
Buildings and Equipment$42.0M
Debris Removal$38.4M
Water Control Facilities$30.0M
Utilities$23.5M
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$16.1M
Total PA obligated$2.3B

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations339,099
IHP / household aid$305.0M
Housing assistance$95.5M
Other needs assistance$209.5M
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.

FireOct 2020Los Angeles County

WILDFIRES

DR-4569-CA · Sep 4, 2020 to Nov 17, 2020
$7.8MPA obligated
3,903Registrations
$681KHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Los Angeles County

COVID-19

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

TICK FIRE

FM-5296-CA · Oct 24, 2019 to Oct 29, 2019
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
FireNov 2018Los Angeles County

WILDFIRES

DR-4407-CA · Nov 8, 2018 to Nov 25, 2018
$50.2MPA obligated
3,630Registrations
$5.8MHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
FireDec 2017Los Angeles County

RYE FIRE

FM-5226-CA · Dec 5, 2017 to Dec 14, 2017
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
FireJun 2016Los Angeles County

OLD FIRE

FM-5124-CA · Jun 4, 2016 to Jun 10, 2016
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
FireAug 2009Los Angeles County

PV FIRE

FM-2828-CA · Aug 27, 2009 to Aug 29, 2009
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
FireNov 2008Los Angeles County

WILDFIRES

DR-1810-CA · Nov 13, 2008 to Nov 28, 2008
$20.5MPA obligated
1,739Registrations
$2.3MHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
FireJun 1990Los Angeles County

FIRES

DR-872-CA · Jun 26, 1990 to Jul 3, 1990
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
IA, PAPrograms