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Arapahoe County, Colorado

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

Total declarations
12
1965 to 2023
Tracked FEMA aid
$254.1M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Flood
3,236 registrations tracked
Most recent event
DR-4731
Aug 25, 2023
Cross-link

Need the flood-zone side of the story?

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$217.4M
Section 324 Management Costs$11.9M
Management Costs$10.8M
Roads and Bridges$3.8M
Water Control Facilities$3.4M
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$288K
Buildings and Equipment$254K
Debris Removal$216K
Total PA obligated$248.0M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations3,236
IHP / household aid$6.1M
Housing assistance$3.3M
Other needs assistance$2.8M
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 2020Arapahoe County

COVID-19

EM-3436-CO · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
WinterJan 2007Arapahoe County

SNOW

EM-3270-CO · Dec 18, 2006 to Dec 22, 2006
$1.4MPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
WinterApr 2003Arapahoe County

SNOW

EM-3185-CO · Mar 17, 2003 to Mar 20, 2003
$916KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
FireJun 2002Arapahoe County

WILDFIRES

DR-1421-CO · Apr 23, 2002 to Aug 6, 2002
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
IA, HMPrograms
About this county

Disaster history context for Arapahoe County

Arapahoe County, Colorado has 12 FEMA disaster declarations on record, spanning from 1965 to 2023. The dominant hazard type is flood, followed by biological. That is close to the Colorado average of 10 declarations per county. Total tracked FEMA obligations for this county exceed $254.1M, 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.