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Highlands County, Florida

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

Total declarations
37
1977 to 2024
Tracked FEMA aid
$84.1M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Hurricane
60,659 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$28.0M
Emergency Protective Measures$3.8M
Buildings and Equipment$3.7M
Roads and Bridges$2.4M
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$900K
Management Costs$309K
Utilities$269K
Water Control Facilities$71K
Total PA obligated$39.5M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations60,659
IHP / household aid$44.6M
Housing assistance$23.3M
Other needs assistance$21.4M
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 2022Highlands County

HURRICANE IAN

DR-4673-FL · Sep 23, 2022 to Nov 4, 2022
$11.4MPA obligated
8,634Registrations
$9.5MHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Highlands County

COVID-19

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

HURRICANE IRMA

DR-4337-FL · Sep 4, 2017 to Oct 18, 2017
$15.0MPA obligated
23,511Registrations
$9.9MHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneSep 2004Highlands County

HURRICANE JEANNE

DR-1561-FL · Sep 24, 2004 to Nov 17, 2004
$4.6MPA obligated
8,709Registrations
$9.7MHousehold aid
IA, PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneSep 2004Highlands County

HURRICANE IVAN

DR-1551-FL · Sep 13, 2004 to Nov 17, 2004
$0PA obligated
103Registrations
$15KHousehold aid
IA, HMPrograms
About this county

Disaster history context for Highlands County

Highlands County, Florida has 37 FEMA disaster declarations on record, spanning from 1977 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 $84.1M, 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.