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Hancock County, Iowa

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

Total declarations
15
1991 to 2024
Tracked FEMA aid
$2.6M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Flood
517 registrations tracked
Most recent event
DR-4784
May 24, 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.

Roads and Bridges$645K
Debris Removal$226K
Utilities$211K
Emergency Protective Measures$147K
Buildings and Equipment$137K
Water Control Facilities$42K
Management Costs$5K
Emergency Work Donated Resources$2K
Total PA obligated$1.4M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations517
IHP / household aid$1.1M
Housing assistance$965K
Other needs assistance$179K
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 2020Hancock County

COVID-19

EM-3480-IA · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
WinterMar 2007Hancock County

SNOW

EM-3275-IA · Feb 28, 2007 to Mar 2, 2007
$48KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
WinterDec 1991Hancock 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 Hancock County

Hancock County, Iowa has 15 FEMA disaster declarations on record, spanning from 1991 to 2024. The dominant hazard type is flood, followed by flood. That is below the Iowa average of 19 declarations per county. Total tracked FEMA obligations for this county exceed $2.6M, 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.