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Adair County, Iowa

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

Total declarations
17
1972 to 2024
Tracked FEMA aid
$12.2M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Severe Storm
531 registrations tracked
Most recent event
DR-4784
May 24, 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.

Utilities$7.2M
Roads and Bridges$1.2M
Emergency Protective Measures$746K
Debris Removal$615K
Buildings and Equipment$549K
Emergency Work Donated Resources$279K
Management Costs$194K
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$62K
Total PA obligated$10.9M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations531
IHP / household aid$1.4M
Housing assistance$759K
Other needs assistance$611K
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 2020Adair County

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

DR-4483-IA · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$132KPA obligated
19Registrations
$122KHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Adair County

COVID-19

EM-3480-IA · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
WinterMar 2007Adair County

SNOW

EM-3275-IA · Feb 28, 2007 to Mar 2, 2007
$81KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
WinterDec 1991Adair County

ICE STORM

DR-928-IA · Oct 31, 1991 to Nov 29, 1991
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
About this county

Disaster history context for Adair County

Adair County, Iowa has 17 FEMA disaster declarations on record, spanning from 1972 to 2024. The dominant hazard type is severe storm, followed by flood. That is close to the Iowa average of 19 declarations per county. Total tracked FEMA obligations for this county exceed $12.2M, 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.