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Ripley County, Indiana

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

Total declarations
16
1968 to 2026
Tracked FEMA aid
$2.3M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Severe Storm
379 registrations tracked
Most recent event
DR-3641
Jan 24, 2026
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.

Utilities$1.1M
Debris Removal$283K
Emergency Protective Measures$197K
Roads and Bridges$65K
Emergency Work Donated Resources$10K
Buildings and Equipment$8K
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$2K
Total PA obligated$1.6M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations379
IHP / household aid$607K
Housing assistance$131K
Other needs assistance$476K
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 2020Ripley County

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

DR-4515-IN · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$0PA obligated
59Registrations
$418KHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Ripley County

COVID-19

EM-3456-IN · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
WinterJan 2005Ripley County

SNOW

EM-3197-IN · Dec 21, 2004 to Dec 23, 2004
$71KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
WinterFeb 1977Ripley County

SNOWSTORMS

EM-3028-IN · Feb 2, 1977
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
FloodJul 1968Ripley County

FLOODING

DR-247-IN · Jul 30, 1968
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
IA, PAPrograms
About this county

Disaster history context for Ripley County

Ripley County, Indiana has 16 FEMA disaster declarations on record, spanning from 1968 to 2026. The dominant hazard type is severe storm, followed by snowstorm. That is close to the Indiana average of 17 declarations per county. Total tracked FEMA obligations for this county exceed $2.3M, 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.