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Santa Cruz County, California

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

Total declarations
34
1977 to 2024
Tracked FEMA aid
$249.3M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Severe Storm
12,027 registrations tracked
Most recent event
DR-4769
Apr 13, 2024
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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$73.3M
Roads and Bridges$67.1M
Buildings and Equipment$21.8M
Debris Removal$20.1M
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$17.8M
Utilities$11.1M
Management Costs$3.4M
Water Control Facilities$469K
Total PA obligated$215.2M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations12,027
IHP / household aid$34.1M
Housing assistance$30.9M
Other needs assistance$3.2M
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 Cruz County

WILDFIRES

DR-4558-CA · Aug 14, 2020 to Sep 26, 2020
$42.8MPA obligated
6,142Registrations
$7.3MHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Santa Cruz County

COVID-19

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

WILDFIRES

EM-3287-CA · Jun 20, 2008 to Aug 20, 2008
$93KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
FireSep 2002Santa Cruz County

CROY FIRE

FM-2465-CA · Sep 23, 2002 to Oct 5, 2002
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms