COVID-19 PANDEMIC
$4KPA obligated
23Registrations
$161KHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
County page
Clay County, Illinois
County-level FEMA declaration history, assistance rollups, and flood insurance context for Clay County.
Total declarations
5
2002 to 2020Tracked FEMA aid
$471K
PA + assistance signalsMost common type
Biological
23 registrations trackedMost recent event
DR-4489
Mar 26, 2020Cross-link
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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$287K
Debris Removal$23K
Total PA obligated$309K
Individual assistance
Registrations, housing assistance, and other-needs dollars surfaced through the FEMA assistance datasets.
Tracked registrations23
IHP / household aid$161K
Housing assistance$0
Other needs assistance$161K
NFIP claims paid$29K
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.
COVID-19
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
SEVERE WINTER STORM AND SNOWSTORM
$306KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
HURRICANE KATRINA EVACUATION
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
SEVERE STORMS, TORNADOES AND FLOODING
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
IA, HMPrograms
About this county
Disaster history context for Clay County
Clay County, Illinois has 5 FEMA disaster declarations on record, spanning from 2002 to 2020. The dominant hazard type is biological, followed by snowstorm. That is below the Illinois average of 13 declarations per county. Total tracked FEMA obligations for this county exceed $471K, 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.
The NFIP flood insurance section shows 4 claims and 0 active policies currently tracked for this county. Flood insurance claims and disaster declarations overlap but are not the same — a county can have significant flood claims without a major disaster declaration, and vice versa.