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Gilpin County, Colorado

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

Total declarations
8
1969 to 2020
Tracked FEMA aid
$692K
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Biological
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.

Roads and Bridges$555K
Emergency Protective Measures$125K
Debris Removal$8K
Emergency Work Donated Resources$852
Total PA obligated$689K

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations2
IHP / household aid$3K
Housing assistance$0
Other needs assistance$3K
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 2020Gilpin County

COVID-19

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

SNOW

EM-3270-CO · Dec 18, 2006 to Dec 22, 2006
$38KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
WinterApr 2003Gilpin County

SNOW

EM-3185-CO · Mar 17, 2003 to Mar 20, 2003
$57KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
FireJun 2002Gilpin 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 Gilpin County

Gilpin County, Colorado has 8 FEMA disaster declarations on record, spanning from 1969 to 2020. The dominant hazard type is biological, followed by snowstorm. That is below the Colorado average of 10 declarations per county. Total tracked FEMA obligations for this county exceed $692K, 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.