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Lake County, Illinois

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

Total declarations
17
1965 to 2020
Tracked FEMA aid
$34.1M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Snowstorm
3,131 registrations tracked
Most recent event
DR-4489
Mar 26, 2020
Cross-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$23.5M
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$1.6M
Roads and Bridges$454K
Debris Removal$347K
Buildings and Equipment$181K
Utilities$137K
Management Costs$68K
Water Control Facilities$46K
Total PA obligated$26.3M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations3,131
IHP / household aid$7.7M
Housing assistance$2.4M
Other needs assistance$5.3M
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 2020Lake County

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

DR-4489-IL · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$17.1MPA obligated
901Registrations
$4.8MHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Lake County

COVID-19

EM-3435-IL · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
TornadoeApr 1967Lake County

TORNADOES

DR-227-IL · Apr 25, 1967
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
IA, PAPrograms