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Denver County, Colorado

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

Total declarations
11
1965 to 2020
Tracked FEMA aid
$1.5B
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Flood
528 registrations tracked
Most recent event
DR-4498
Mar 28, 2020
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$1.5B
Management Costs$5.4M
Water Control Facilities$1.8M
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$293K
Buildings and Equipment$133K
Debris Removal$23K
Total PA obligated$1.5B

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations528
IHP / household aid$2.4M
Housing assistance$0
Other needs assistance$2.4M
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 2020Denver County

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

DR-4498-CO · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$1.5BPA obligated
528Registrations
$2.4MHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Denver County

COVID-19

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

SNOW

EM-3270-CO · Dec 18, 2006 to Dec 22, 2006
$1.8MPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
WinterApr 2003Denver County

SNOW

EM-3185-CO · Mar 17, 2003 to Mar 20, 2003
$1.2MPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
FireJun 2002Denver 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 Denver County

Denver County, Colorado has 11 FEMA disaster declarations on record, spanning from 1965 to 2020. 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 $1.5B, 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.