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Bay County, Florida

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

Total declarations
49
1975 to 2024
Tracked FEMA aid
$1.1B
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Hurricane
63,539 registrations tracked
Most recent event
DR-4828
Sep 28, 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$431.9M
Buildings and Equipment$179.9M
Emergency Protective Measures$147.7M
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$68.0M
Roads and Bridges$48.2M
Management Costs$45.8M
Utilities$19.2M
Water Control Facilities$8.3M
Total PA obligated$952.0M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations63,539
IHP / household aid$109.1M
Housing assistance$84.6M
Other needs assistance$24.5M
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 2024Bay County

HURRICANE HELENE

DR-4828-FL · Sep 23, 2024 to Oct 7, 2024
$207KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
StormAug 2024Bay County

HURRICANE DEBBY

DR-4806-FL · Aug 1, 2024 to Aug 27, 2024
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneAug 2023Bay County

HURRICANE IDALIA

DR-4734-FL · Aug 27, 2023 to Sep 4, 2023
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneSep 2022Bay County

HURRICANE IAN

DR-4673-FL · Sep 23, 2022 to Nov 4, 2022
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneSep 2020Bay County

HURRICANE SALLY

DR-4564-FL · Sep 14, 2020 to Sep 28, 2020
$3.9MPA obligated
1,231Registrations
$1.4MHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneSep 2020Bay County

HURRICANE SALLY

EM-3546-FL · Sep 14, 2020 to Sep 28, 2020
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Bay County

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

DR-4486-FL · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$827KPA obligated
557Registrations
$2.9MHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Bay County

COVID-19

EM-3432-FL · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
HurricaneAug 2019Bay County

HURRICANE DORIAN

EM-3419-FL · Aug 28, 2019 to Sep 9, 2019
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
HurricaneOct 2018Bay County

HURRICANE MICHAEL

DR-4399-FL · Oct 7, 2018 to Oct 19, 2018
$913.5MPA obligated
58,044Registrations
$101.4MHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneOct 2018Bay County

HURRICANE MICHAEL

EM-3405-FL · Oct 7, 2018 to Oct 19, 2018
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
HurricaneSep 2017Bay County

HURRICANE IRMA

DR-4337-FL · Sep 4, 2017 to Oct 18, 2017
$72KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneSep 2017Bay County

HURRICANE IRMA

EM-3385-FL · Sep 4, 2017 to Oct 18, 2017
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
HurricaneOct 2012Bay County

HURRICANE ISAAC

DR-4084-FL · Aug 27, 2012 to Aug 29, 2012
$118KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneOct 2008Bay County

HURRICANE GUSTAV

DR-1806-FL · Aug 31, 2008 to Sep 7, 2008
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneAug 2005Bay County

HURRICANE KATRINA

DR-1602-FL · Aug 24, 2005 to Sep 6, 2005
$193KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneJul 2005Bay County

HURRICANE DENNIS

DR-1595-FL · Jul 7, 2005 to Jul 20, 2005
$14.5MPA obligated
809Registrations
$423KHousehold aid
IA, PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneSep 2004Bay County

HURRICANE IVAN

DR-1551-FL · Sep 13, 2004 to Nov 17, 2004
$5.4MPA obligated
2,898Registrations
$3.0MHousehold aid
IA, PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneSep 2004Bay County

HURRICANE FRANCES

DR-1545-FL · Sep 3, 2004 to Oct 8, 2004
$7KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneSep 1998Bay County

HURRICANE GEORGES

DR-1249-FL · Sep 25, 1998 to Oct 7, 1998
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
IA, PAPrograms
HurricaneSep 1998Bay County

HURRICANE GRORGES

EM-3131-FL · Sep 25, 1998 to Oct 2, 1998
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
HurricaneOct 1995Bay County

HURRICANE OPAL

DR-1069-FL · Oct 4, 1995 to Oct 11, 1995
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
IA, PAPrograms
HurricaneAug 1995Bay County

HURRICANE ERIN

DR-1062-FL · Aug 2, 1995 to Aug 3, 1995
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
IA, PAPrograms
FloodAug 1975Bay County

FLOODING

DR-479-FL · Aug 22, 1975
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
IA, PAPrograms
About this county

Disaster history context for Bay County

Bay County, Florida has 49 FEMA disaster declarations on record, spanning from 1975 to 2024. The dominant hazard type is hurricane, followed by severe storm. That is above the Florida average of 40 declarations per county. Total tracked FEMA obligations for this county exceed $1.1B, 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.