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Nevada County, California

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

Total declarations
23
1964 to 2023
Tracked FEMA aid
$11.8M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Fire
1,237 registrations tracked
Most recent event
DR-4699
Apr 3, 2023
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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$4.6M
Roads and Bridges$1.9M
Utilities$1.2M
Debris Removal$973K
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$961K
Management Costs$236K
Buildings and Equipment$128K
Water Control Facilities$54K
Total PA obligated$10.1M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations1,237
IHP / household aid$1.7M
Housing assistance$1.3M
Other needs assistance$393K
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 2021Nevada County

WILDFIRES

DR-4610-CA · Jul 14, 2021 to Oct 25, 2021
$392KPA obligated
406Registrations
$608KHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
FireAug 2020Nevada County

WILDFIRES

DR-4558-CA · Aug 14, 2020 to Sep 26, 2020
$165KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
FireAug 2020Nevada County

JONES FIRE

FM-5332-CA · Aug 18, 2020 to Aug 27, 2020
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Nevada County

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

DR-4482-CA · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$3.4MPA obligated
40Registrations
$151KHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Nevada County

COVID-19

EM-3428-CA · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
FireOct 2017Nevada County

WILDFIRES

DR-4344-CA · Oct 8, 2017 to Oct 31, 2017
$136KPA obligated
194Registrations
$321KHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
FireOct 2017Nevada County

LOBO FIRE

FM-5217-CA · Oct 9, 2017
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
FireAug 2009Nevada County

YUBA FIRE

FM-2825-CA · Aug 14, 2009 to Aug 21, 2009
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
FireSep 1988Nevada County

WILDFIRES

DR-815-CA · Sep 11, 1988 to Sep 24, 1988
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
IAPrograms
DroughtJan 1977Nevada County

DROUGHT

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

Disaster history context for Nevada County

Nevada County, California has 23 FEMA disaster declarations on record, spanning from 1964 to 2023. The dominant hazard type is fire, followed by fire. That is close to the California average of 28 declarations per county. Total tracked FEMA obligations for this county exceed $11.8M, 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.