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Riverside County, California

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

Total declarations
65
1965 to 2024
Tracked FEMA aid
$193.0M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Fire
5,306 registrations tracked
Most recent event
DR-5538
Sep 11, 2024
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$103.1M
Water Control Facilities$24.1M
Utilities$17.4M
Roads and Bridges$15.5M
Debris Removal$6.2M
Management Costs$3.0M
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$2.9M
Buildings and Equipment$1.3M
Total PA obligated$173.5M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations5,306
IHP / household aid$19.6M
Housing assistance$525K
Other needs assistance$19.1M
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 2020Riverside County

APPLE FIRE

FM-5325-CA · Aug 2, 2020 to Aug 11, 2020
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Riverside County

COVID-19

EM-3428-CA · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$4.7MPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
FireOct 2019Riverside County

46 FIRE

FM-5300-CA · Oct 31, 2019 to Nov 2, 2019
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
FireOct 2019Riverside County

HILL FIRE

FM-5299-CA · Oct 30, 2019 to Nov 1, 2019
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
FireAug 2018Riverside County

HOLY FIRE

FM-5268-CA · Aug 9, 2018 to Aug 18, 2018
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
FireDec 2017Riverside County

WILDFIRES

EM-3396-CA · Dec 4, 2017 to Dec 29, 2017
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
FireSep 2017Riverside County

CANYON FIRE

FM-5213-CA · Sep 25, 2017 to Oct 2, 2017
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
FireAug 2013Riverside County

FALLS FIRE

FM-5040-CA · Aug 5, 2013 to Aug 10, 2013
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
FireNov 2008Riverside County

WILDFIRES

DR-1810-CA · Nov 13, 2008 to Nov 28, 2008
$76KPA obligated
33Registrations
$23KHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
FireOct 2007Riverside County

WILDFIRES

EM-3279-CA · Oct 21, 2007 to Mar 31, 2008
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
FireOct 2003Riverside County

PASS FIRE

FM-2500-CA · Oct 21, 2003 to Oct 24, 2003
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
FireJun 1990Riverside County

FIRES

DR-872-CA · Jun 26, 1990 to Jul 3, 1990
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
IAPrograms
FloodJul 1983Riverside County

FLOODING

DR-687-CA · Jun 16, 1983 to Feb 1, 1984
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
IA, PAPrograms
About this county

Disaster history context for Riverside County

Riverside County, California has 65 FEMA disaster declarations on record, spanning from 1965 to 2024. 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 $193.0M, 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.