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Kauai County, Hawaii

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

Total declarations
17
1974 to 2024
Tracked FEMA aid
$13.2M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Hurricane
680 registrations tracked
Most recent event
DR-4793
Jun 17, 2024
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.

Roads and Bridges$4.9M
Emergency Protective Measures$3.1M
Debris Removal$2.4M
Buildings and Equipment$589K
Utilities$549K
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$476K
Direct Administrative Costs$296K
Management Costs$18K
Total PA obligated$12.3M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations680
IHP / household aid$914K
Housing assistance$621K
Other needs assistance$293K
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.

BiologicalApr 2020Kauai County

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

DR-4510-HI · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$740KPA obligated
17Registrations
$80KHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Kauai County

COVID-19

EM-3431-HI · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
HurricaneSep 2018Kauai County

HURRICANE LANE

DR-4395-HI · Aug 22, 2018 to Aug 29, 2018
$375KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneAug 2018Kauai County

HURRICANE LANE

EM-3399-HI · Aug 22, 2018 to Aug 29, 2018
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
EarthquakeOct 2006Kauai County

EARTHQUAKE

DR-1664-HI · Oct 15, 2006 to Jan 15, 2007
$904PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
TyphoonNov 1982Kauai County

TYPHOON IWA

DR-671-HI · Nov 27, 1982
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
IA, PAPrograms
About this county

Disaster history context for Kauai County

Kauai County, Hawaii has 17 FEMA disaster declarations on record, spanning from 1974 to 2024. The dominant hazard type is hurricane, followed by flood. That is close to the Hawaii average of 20 declarations per county. Total tracked FEMA obligations for this county exceed $13.2M, 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.