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Palm Beach County, Florida

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

Total declarations
41
1965 to 2024
Tracked FEMA aid
$974.2M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Hurricane
466,149 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$297.4M
Emergency Protective Measures$157.0M
Buildings and Equipment$96.9M
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$74.3M
Utilities$24.4M
Water Control Facilities$20.6M
Roads and Bridges$8.6M
Management Costs$2.0M
Total PA obligated$683.0M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations466,149
IHP / household aid$291.2M
Housing assistance$142.4M
Other needs assistance$148.8M
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 2022Palm Beach County

HURRICANE IAN

DR-4673-FL · Sep 23, 2022 to Nov 4, 2022
$4.5MPA obligated
33,442Registrations
$4.7MHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Palm Beach County

COVID-19

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

HURRICANE IRMA

DR-4337-FL · Sep 4, 2017 to Oct 18, 2017
$134.9MPA obligated
158,295Registrations
$56.7MHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneOct 2005Palm Beach County

HURRICANE WILMA

DR-1609-FL · Oct 23, 2005 to Nov 18, 2005
$246.3MPA obligated
110,770Registrations
$72.4MHousehold aid
IA, PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneSep 2004Palm Beach County

HURRICANE JEANNE

DR-1561-FL · Sep 24, 2004 to Nov 17, 2004
$88.4MPA obligated
59,893Registrations
$63.5MHousehold aid
IA, PA, HMPrograms
FreezingMar 1971Palm Beach County

FREEZE

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

Disaster history context for Palm Beach County

Palm Beach County, Florida has 41 FEMA disaster declarations on record, spanning from 1965 to 2024. The dominant hazard type is hurricane, followed by freezing. That is close to the Florida average of 40 declarations per county. Total tracked FEMA obligations for this county exceed $974.2M, 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.