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Polk County, Florida

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

Total declarations
42
1977 to 2024
Tracked FEMA aid
$428.8M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Hurricane
330,698 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$113.2M
Emergency Protective Measures$30.2M
Utilities$23.9M
Buildings and Equipment$12.1M
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$4.5M
Roads and Bridges$3.3M
Direct Administrative Costs$3.0M
Water Control Facilities$1.6M
Total PA obligated$192.3M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations330,698
IHP / household aid$236.5M
Housing assistance$118.6M
Other needs assistance$117.9M
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 2024Polk County

HURRICANE MILTON

DR-4834-FL · Oct 5, 2024 to Nov 2, 2024
$16.5MPA obligated
77,926Registrations
$53.2MHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneOct 2024Polk County

HURRICANE MILTON

EM-3622-FL · Oct 5, 2024 to Nov 2, 2024
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
StormAug 2024Polk County

HURRICANE DEBBY

DR-4806-FL · Aug 1, 2024 to Aug 27, 2024
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneAug 2023Polk County

HURRICANE IDALIA

DR-4734-FL · Aug 27, 2023 to Sep 4, 2023
$221KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneDec 2022Polk County

HURRICANE NICOLE

DR-4680-FL · Nov 7, 2022 to Nov 30, 2022
$213KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneSep 2022Polk County

HURRICANE IAN

DR-4673-FL · Sep 23, 2022 to Nov 4, 2022
$38.8MPA obligated
62,834Registrations
$39.4MHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Polk County

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

DR-4486-FL · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$541KPA obligated
1,520Registrations
$6.9MHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Polk County

COVID-19

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

HURRICANE IRMA

DR-4337-FL · Sep 4, 2017 to Oct 18, 2017
$68.2MPA obligated
103,024Registrations
$40.2MHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneSep 2017Polk County

HURRICANE IRMA

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

HURRICANE WILMA

DR-1609-FL · Oct 23, 2005 to Nov 18, 2005
$735KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneSep 2004Polk County

HURRICANE JEANNE

DR-1561-FL · Sep 24, 2004 to Nov 17, 2004
$20.0MPA obligated
36,940Registrations
$48.3MHousehold aid
IA, PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneSep 2004Polk County

HURRICANE IVAN

DR-1551-FL · Sep 13, 2004 to Nov 17, 2004
$0PA obligated
624Registrations
$91KHousehold aid
IA, HMPrograms
HurricaneSep 2004Polk County

HURRICANE FRANCES

DR-1545-FL · Sep 3, 2004 to Oct 8, 2004
$5.1MPA obligated
14,501Registrations
$17.1MHousehold aid
IA, PA, HMPrograms
FreezingFeb 2001Polk County

SEVERE FREEZE

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

SEVERE FREEZE

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