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Des Moines County, Iowa

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

Total declarations
27
1965 to 2024
Tracked FEMA aid
$18.8M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Flood
449 registrations tracked
Most recent event
DR-4796
Jun 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.

Emergency Protective Measures$6.2M
Roads and Bridges$3.8M
Water Control Facilities$3.0M
Debris Removal$1.4M
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$1.2M
Buildings and Equipment$966K
Utilities$412K
Emergency Work Donated Resources$88K
Total PA obligated$17.2M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations449
IHP / household aid$1.7M
Housing assistance$912K
Other needs assistance$779K
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.

FloodAug 2023Des Moines County

FLOODING

DR-4732-IA · Apr 24, 2023 to May 13, 2023
$562KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Des Moines 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 Des Moines County

Des Moines County, Iowa has 27 FEMA disaster declarations on record, spanning from 1965 to 2024. The dominant hazard type is flood, followed by severe storm. That is above the Iowa average of 19 declarations per county. Total tracked FEMA obligations for this county exceed $18.8M, 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.