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Okeechobee County, Florida

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

Total declarations
35
1972 to 2024
Tracked FEMA aid
$40.6M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Hurricane
22,904 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$6.7M
Buildings and Equipment$3.0M
Emergency Protective Measures$2.2M
Roads and Bridges$766K
Utilities$581K
Water Control Facilities$295K
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$255K
Direct Administrative Costs$112K
Total PA obligated$14.0M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations22,904
IHP / household aid$26.5M
Housing assistance$13.6M
Other needs assistance$12.9M
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.

HurricaneSep 2022Okeechobee County

HURRICANE IAN

DR-4673-FL · Sep 23, 2022 to Nov 4, 2022
$4.7MPA obligated
1,889Registrations
$1.8MHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Okeechobee County

COVID-19

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

HURRICANE IRMA

DR-4337-FL · Sep 4, 2017 to Oct 18, 2017
$2.9MPA obligated
5,266Registrations
$2.2MHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneOct 2005Okeechobee County

HURRICANE WILMA

DR-1609-FL · Oct 23, 2005 to Nov 18, 2005
$935KPA obligated
2,007Registrations
$2.1MHousehold aid
IA, PA, HMPrograms
About this county

Disaster history context for Okeechobee County

Okeechobee County, Florida has 35 FEMA disaster declarations on record, spanning from 1972 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 $40.6M, 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.