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Honolulu County, Hawaii

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

Total declarations
22
1974 to 2025
Tracked FEMA aid
$337.3M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Flood
2,506 registrations tracked
Most recent event
DR-5609
Aug 19, 2025
Cross-link

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The same county on FloodZoneMap.org covers flood-zone context, map interpretation, and related flood insurance questions that sit adjacent to this disaster-history page.

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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.

Emergency Protective Measures$294.2M
Buildings and Equipment$11.5M
Management Costs$11.1M
Water Control Facilities$3.9M
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$3.0M
Debris Removal$1.9M
Section 324 Management Costs$1.5M
Direct Administrative Costs$1.1M
Total PA obligated$329.3M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations2,506
IHP / household aid$8.0M
Housing assistance$4.1M
Other needs assistance$3.8M
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.

BiologicalMar 2020Honolulu County

COVID-19

EM-3431-HI · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
TsunamiApr 2011Honolulu County

TSUNAMI WAVES

DR-1967-HI · Mar 11, 2011 to Mar 12, 2011
$131KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
EarthquakeOct 2006Honolulu County

EARTHQUAKE

DR-1664-HI · Oct 15, 2006 to Jan 15, 2007
$6.9MPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
About this county

Disaster history context for Honolulu County

Honolulu County, Hawaii has 22 FEMA disaster declarations on record, spanning from 1974 to 2025. The dominant hazard type is flood, followed by severe storm. That is close to the Hawaii average of 20 declarations per county. Total tracked FEMA obligations for this county exceed $337.3M, 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.