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Custer County, Colorado

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

Total declarations
12
1999 to 2020
Tracked FEMA aid
$70K
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Fire
2 registrations tracked
Most recent event
DR-4498
Mar 28, 2020
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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$53K
Roads and Bridges$15K
Emergency Work Donated Resources$434
Total PA obligated$68K

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations2
IHP / household aid$2K
Housing assistance$0
Other needs assistance$2K
NFIP claims paid$769
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 2020Custer County

COVID-19

EM-3436-CO · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
FireOct 2016Custer County

JUNKINS FIRE

FM-5157-CO · Oct 17, 2016 to Oct 26, 2016
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
FireOct 2012Custer County

WETMORE FIRE

FM-5022-CO · Oct 23, 2012 to Oct 26, 2012
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
FireJun 2011Custer County

DUCKETT FIRE

FM-2923-CO · Jun 15, 2011 to Jun 24, 2011
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
WinterJan 2007Custer County

SNOW

EM-3270-CO · Dec 18, 2006 to Dec 22, 2006
$25KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
FireJul 2005Custer County

MASON FIRE

FM-2566-CO · Jul 8, 2005 to Jul 17, 2005
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
WinterApr 2003Custer County

SNOW

EM-3185-CO · Mar 17, 2003 to Mar 20, 2003
$29KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
FireJun 2002Custer 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 Custer County

Custer County, Colorado has 12 FEMA disaster declarations on record, spanning from 1999 to 2020. The dominant hazard type is fire, followed by snowstorm. That is close to the Colorado average of 10 declarations per county. Total tracked FEMA obligations for this county exceed $70K, 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.

The NFIP flood insurance section shows 1 claims and 0 active policies currently tracked for this county. Flood insurance claims and disaster declarations overlap but are not the same — a county can have significant flood claims without a major disaster declaration, and vice versa.