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Alachua County, Florida

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

Total declarations
35
1993 to 2024
Tracked FEMA aid
$89.1M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Hurricane
43,703 registrations tracked
Most recent event
DR-4834
Oct 11, 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.

Debris Removal$23.4M
Emergency Protective Measures$11.7M
Utilities$10.7M
Buildings and Equipment$4.4M
Roads and Bridges$2.5M
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$1.5M
Direct Administrative Costs$698K
Water Control Facilities$447K
Total PA obligated$55.6M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations43,703
IHP / household aid$33.5M
Housing assistance$15.2M
Other needs assistance$18.3M
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.

HurricaneSep 2024Alachua County

HURRICANE HELENE

DR-4828-FL · Sep 23, 2024 to Oct 7, 2024
$8.9MPA obligated
8,248Registrations
$9.1MHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
StormAug 2024Alachua County

HURRICANE DEBBY

DR-4806-FL · Aug 1, 2024 to Aug 27, 2024
$618KPA obligated
4,244Registrations
$5.5MHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneSep 2022Alachua County

HURRICANE IAN

DR-4673-FL · Sep 23, 2022 to Nov 4, 2022
$1.6MPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneNov 2020Alachua County

HURRICANE ETA

EM-3551-FL · Nov 7, 2020 to Nov 12, 2020
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Alachua County

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

DR-4486-FL · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$668KPA obligated
858Registrations
$4.4MHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Alachua County

COVID-19

EM-3432-FL · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
HurricaneSep 2017Alachua County

HURRICANE IRMA

DR-4337-FL · Sep 4, 2017 to Oct 18, 2017
$17.6MPA obligated
21,875Registrations
$7.6MHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneSep 2004Alachua County

HURRICANE JEANNE

DR-1561-FL · Sep 24, 2004 to Nov 17, 2004
$11.4MPA obligated
3,062Registrations
$2.6MHousehold aid
IA, PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneSep 2004Alachua County

HURRICANE FRANCES

DR-1545-FL · Sep 3, 2004 to Oct 8, 2004
$9.1MPA obligated
5,295Registrations
$4.2MHousehold aid
IA, PA, HMPrograms
FreezingFeb 2001Alachua County

SEVERE FREEZE

DR-1359-FL · Dec 1, 2000 to Jan 25, 2001
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
IA, HMPrograms
About this county

Disaster history context for Alachua County

Alachua County, Florida has 35 FEMA disaster declarations on record, spanning from 1993 to 2024. The dominant hazard type is hurricane, followed by severe storm. That is close to the Florida average of 40 declarations per county. Total tracked FEMA obligations for this county exceed $89.1M, 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.