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San Bernardino County, California

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

Total declarations
61
1965 to 2024
Tracked FEMA aid
$337.8M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Fire
25,041 registrations tracked
Most recent event
DR-5537
Sep 11, 2024
Cross-link

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The same county on FloodZoneMap.org covers flood-zone context, map interpretation, and related flood insurance questions that sit adjacent to this disaster-history page.

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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$228.4M
Utilities$32.8M
Debris Removal$13.4M
Water Control Facilities$13.2M
Roads and Bridges$9.2M
Management Costs$2.6M
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$1.9M
Buildings and Equipment$1.7M
Total PA obligated$303.1M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations25,041
IHP / household aid$34.7M
Housing assistance$7.0M
Other needs assistance$27.7M
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.

BiologicalMar 2020San Bernardino County

COVID-19

EM-3428-CA · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$3.6MPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
FireJun 1990San Bernardino County

FIRES

DR-872-CA · Jun 26, 1990 to Jul 3, 1990
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
IAPrograms
About this county

Disaster history context for San Bernardino County

San Bernardino County, California has 61 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 $337.8M, 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.