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Santa Clara County, California

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

Total declarations
25
1977 to 2023
Tracked FEMA aid
$513.1M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Severe Storm
3,659 registrations tracked
Most recent event
DR-4699
Apr 3, 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$455.6M
Management Costs$19.3M
Roads and Bridges$15.2M
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$5.4M
Debris Removal$5.2M
Buildings and Equipment$2.0M
Utilities$1.7M
Water Control Facilities$1.0M
Total PA obligated$505.3M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations3,659
IHP / household aid$7.8M
Housing assistance$799K
Other needs assistance$7.0M
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 2020Santa Clara County

WILDFIRES

DR-4558-CA · Aug 14, 2020 to Sep 26, 2020
$2.6MPA obligated
1,934Registrations
$161KHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Santa Clara County

COVID-19

EM-3428-CA · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
FireJun 2008Santa Clara County

WILDFIRES

EM-3287-CA · Jun 20, 2008 to Aug 20, 2008
$11KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
About this county

Disaster history context for Santa Clara County

Santa Clara County, California has 25 FEMA disaster declarations on record, spanning from 1977 to 2023. The dominant hazard type is severe storm, followed by flood. That is close to the California average of 28 declarations per county. Total tracked FEMA obligations for this county exceed $513.1M, 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.