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Orange County, California

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

Total declarations
41
1969 to 2023
Tracked FEMA aid
$367.5M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Fire
7,043 registrations tracked
Most recent event
DR-3592
Mar 10, 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$290.1M
Roads and Bridges$17.7M
Utilities$16.4M
Management Costs$9.2M
Water Control Facilities$4.3M
Debris Removal$3.7M
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$2.2M
Buildings and Equipment$1.3M
Total PA obligated$345.0M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations7,043
IHP / household aid$22.6M
Housing assistance$949K
Other needs assistance$21.6M
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.

FireMay 2022Orange County

COASTAL FIRE

FM-5439-CA · May 11, 2022 to May 16, 2022
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
FireDec 2020Orange County

BOND FIRE

FM-5383-CA · Dec 3, 2020
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Orange County

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

DR-4482-CA · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$275.1MPA obligated
3,940Registrations
$21.4MHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Orange County

COVID-19

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

WILDFIRES

DR-4344-CA · Oct 8, 2017 to Oct 31, 2017
$1.5MPA obligated
1,912Registrations
$63KHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
FireOct 2017Orange County

CANYON 2 FIRE

FM-5223-CA · Oct 9, 2017 to Oct 20, 2017
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
FireSep 2017Orange County

CANYON FIRE

FM-5213-CA · Sep 25, 2017 to Oct 2, 2017
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
FireNov 2008Orange County

WILDFIRES

DR-1810-CA · Nov 13, 2008 to Nov 28, 2008
$2.1MPA obligated
304Registrations
$419KHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
FireOct 2007Orange County

WILDFIRES

EM-3279-CA · Oct 21, 2007 to Mar 31, 2008
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
FireMar 2007Orange County

241 FIRE

FM-2683-CA · Mar 11, 2007 to Mar 14, 2007
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
FireFeb 2006Orange County

SIERRA FIRE

FM-2630-CA · Feb 6, 2006 to Feb 16, 2006
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
FireMay 2002Orange County

ANTONIO FIRE

FM-2405-CA · May 13, 2002 to May 15, 2002
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
FloodOct 1978Orange County

LANDSLIDES

DR-566-CA · Oct 9, 1978
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
IA, PAPrograms
About this county

Disaster history context for Orange County

Orange County, California has 41 FEMA disaster declarations on record, spanning from 1969 to 2023. The dominant hazard type is fire, followed by flood. That is above the California average of 28 declarations per county. Total tracked FEMA obligations for this county exceed $367.5M, 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.