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Hendry County, Florida

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

Total declarations
38
1965 to 2024
Tracked FEMA aid
$32.9M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Hurricane
21,233 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$5.0M
Buildings and Equipment$4.0M
Emergency Protective Measures$2.9M
Utilities$1.2M
Roads and Bridges$563K
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$352K
Direct Administrative Costs$219K
Water Control Facilities$50K
Total PA obligated$14.3M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations21,233
IHP / household aid$18.6M
Housing assistance$10.6M
Other needs assistance$8.0M
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 2024Hendry County

HURRICANE MILTON

DR-4834-FL · Oct 5, 2024 to Nov 2, 2024
$206KPA obligated
933Registrations
$514KHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneSep 2022Hendry County

HURRICANE IAN

DR-4673-FL · Sep 23, 2022 to Nov 4, 2022
$1.1MPA obligated
3,956Registrations
$1.8MHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Hendry County

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

DR-4486-FL · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$46KPA obligated
33Registrations
$162KHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Hendry County

COVID-19

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

HURRICANE IRMA

DR-4337-FL · Sep 4, 2017 to Oct 18, 2017
$6.5MPA obligated
8,148Registrations
$4.6MHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneSep 2017Hendry County

HURRICANE IRMA

EM-3385-FL · Sep 4, 2017 to Oct 18, 2017
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
StormAug 2008Hendry County

TROPICAL STORM FAY

DR-1785-FL · Aug 18, 2008 to Sep 12, 2008
$673KPA obligated
474Registrations
$177KHousehold aid
IA, PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneOct 2005Hendry County

HURRICANE WILMA

DR-1609-FL · Oct 23, 2005 to Nov 18, 2005
$5.1MPA obligated
5,040Registrations
$7.7MHousehold aid
IA, PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneSep 2004Hendry County

HURRICANE JEANNE

DR-1561-FL · Sep 24, 2004 to Nov 17, 2004
$223KPA obligated
1,519Registrations
$2.2MHousehold aid
IA, PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneSep 2004Hendry County

HURRICANE FRANCES

DR-1545-FL · Sep 3, 2004 to Oct 8, 2004
$426KPA obligated
908Registrations
$1.1MHousehold aid
IA, PA, HMPrograms
FreezingFeb 2001Hendry County

SEVERE FREEZE

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

SEVERE FREEZE

DR-851-FL · Dec 23, 1989 to Dec 25, 1989
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
IAPrograms
FreezingMar 1971Hendry County

FREEZE

DR-304-FL · Mar 15, 1971
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
IA, PAPrograms
About this county

Disaster history context for Hendry County

Hendry County, Florida has 38 FEMA disaster declarations on record, spanning from 1965 to 2024. The dominant hazard type is hurricane, followed by coastal storm. That is close to the Florida average of 40 declarations per county. Total tracked FEMA obligations for this county exceed $32.9M, 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.