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Benton County, Iowa

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

Total declarations
18
1965 to 2020
Tracked FEMA aid
$32.4M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Flood
1,316 registrations tracked
Most recent event
DR-4557
Aug 17, 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.

Utilities$12.4M
Buildings and Equipment$10.3M
Emergency Protective Measures$3.1M
Debris Removal$2.0M
Roads and Bridges$974K
Emergency Work Donated Resources$345K
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$312K
Management Costs$186K
Total PA obligated$29.6M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations1,316
IHP / household aid$2.8M
Housing assistance$2.3M
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.

StormAug 2020Benton County

SEVERE STORMS

DR-4557-IA · Aug 10, 2020
$3.8MPA obligated
696Registrations
$360KHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Benton County

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

DR-4483-IA · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$103KPA obligated
23Registrations
$148KHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Benton County

COVID-19

EM-3480-IA · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
FloodApr 1965Benton County

FLOODING

DR-193-IA · Apr 22, 1965
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
IA, PAPrograms