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DeSoto County, Florida

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

Total declarations
38
1977 to 2024
Tracked FEMA aid
$120.5M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Hurricane
25,166 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$42.4M
Emergency Protective Measures$7.1M
Buildings and Equipment$6.7M
Roads and Bridges$3.3M
Utilities$2.4M
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$1.2M
Management Costs$961K
Water Control Facilities$661K
Total PA obligated$64.9M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations25,166
IHP / household aid$55.6M
Housing assistance$32.7M
Other needs assistance$22.9M
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.

HurricaneOct 2024DeSoto County

HURRICANE MILTON

DR-4834-FL · Oct 5, 2024 to Nov 2, 2024
$1.8MPA obligated
1,786Registrations
$1.8MHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneSep 2024DeSoto County

HURRICANE HELENE

DR-4828-FL · Sep 23, 2024 to Oct 7, 2024
$0PA obligated
160Registrations
$213KHousehold aid
HMPrograms
HurricaneAug 2023DeSoto County

HURRICANE IDALIA

DR-4734-FL · Aug 27, 2023 to Sep 4, 2023
$18KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneSep 2022DeSoto County

HURRICANE IAN

DR-4673-FL · Sep 23, 2022 to Nov 4, 2022
$25.9MPA obligated
8,145Registrations
$24.8MHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020DeSoto County

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

DR-4486-FL · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$16KPA obligated
35Registrations
$101KHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020DeSoto County

COVID-19

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

HURRICANE IRMA

DR-4337-FL · Sep 4, 2017 to Oct 18, 2017
$4.9MPA obligated
4,455Registrations
$3.3MHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneSep 2017DeSoto County

HURRICANE IRMA

EM-3385-FL · Sep 4, 2017 to Oct 18, 2017
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
HurricaneOct 2005DeSoto County

HURRICANE WILMA

DR-1609-FL · Oct 23, 2005 to Nov 18, 2005
$62KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneSep 2004DeSoto County

HURRICANE JEANNE

DR-1561-FL · Sep 24, 2004 to Nov 17, 2004
$0PA obligated
1,056Registrations
$4.2MHousehold aid
IA, PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneSep 2004DeSoto County

HURRICANE FRANCES

DR-1545-FL · Sep 3, 2004 to Oct 8, 2004
$0PA obligated
752Registrations
$2.3MHousehold aid
IA, PA, HMPrograms
FreezingFeb 2001DeSoto County

SEVERE FREEZE

DR-1359-FL · Dec 1, 2000 to Jan 25, 2001
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
IAPrograms
FreezingJan 1990DeSoto County

SEVERE FREEZE

DR-851-FL · Dec 23, 1989 to Dec 25, 1989
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
IAPrograms