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Clarke County, Iowa

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

Total declarations
16
1969 to 2024
Tracked FEMA aid
$13.6M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Flood
96 registrations tracked
Most recent event
DR-4779
May 14, 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$11.8M
Roads and Bridges$1.2M
Debris Removal$172K
Emergency Protective Measures$88K
Buildings and Equipment$46K
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$30K
Water Control Facilities$6K
Management Costs$3K
Total PA obligated$13.3M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations96
IHP / household aid$323K
Housing assistance$219K
Other needs assistance$104K
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 2020Clarke County

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

DR-4483-IA · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$28KPA obligated
12Registrations
$80KHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Clarke 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 Clarke County

Clarke County, Iowa has 16 FEMA disaster declarations on record, spanning from 1969 to 2024. The dominant hazard type is flood, followed by severe storm. That is close to the Iowa average of 19 declarations per county. Total tracked FEMA obligations for this county exceed $13.6M, 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.