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Cerro Gordo County, Iowa

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

Total declarations
15
1965 to 2020
Tracked FEMA aid
$10.6M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Flood
2,454 registrations tracked
Most recent event
DR-4483
Mar 23, 2020
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.

Emergency Protective Measures$1.9M
Debris Removal$1.5M
Roads and Bridges$1.2M
Utilities$607K
Buildings and Equipment$598K
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$154K
Water Control Facilities$114K
Management Costs$32K
Total PA obligated$6.1M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations2,454
IHP / household aid$4.6M
Housing assistance$2.9M
Other needs assistance$1.6M
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 2020Cerro Gordo County

COVID-19

EM-3480-IA · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
WinterDec 1991Cerro Gordo 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 Cerro Gordo County

Cerro Gordo County, Iowa has 15 FEMA disaster declarations on record, spanning from 1965 to 2020. The dominant hazard type is flood, followed by severe storm. That is below the Iowa average of 19 declarations per county. Total tracked FEMA obligations for this county exceed $10.6M, 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.