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Cedar County, Iowa

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

Total declarations
18
1974 to 2024
Tracked FEMA aid
$16.2M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Flood
523 registrations tracked
Most recent event
DR-4784
May 24, 2024
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$12.2M
Roads and Bridges$905K
Emergency Protective Measures$874K
Debris Removal$595K
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$156K
Emergency Work Donated Resources$64K
Management Costs$33K
Buildings and Equipment$16K
Total PA obligated$14.8M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations523
IHP / household aid$1.4M
Housing assistance$1.2M
Other needs assistance$173K
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 2020Cedar County

SEVERE STORMS

DR-4557-IA · Aug 10, 2020
$1.5MPA obligated
337Registrations
$160KHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Cedar County

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

DR-4483-IA · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$83KPA obligated
15Registrations
$102KHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Cedar County

COVID-19

EM-3480-IA · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
About this county

Disaster history context for Cedar County

Cedar County, Iowa has 18 FEMA disaster declarations on record, spanning from 1974 to 2024. The dominant hazard type is flood, followed by flood. That is close to the Iowa average of 19 declarations per county. Total tracked FEMA obligations for this county exceed $16.2M, 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.