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Kossuth County, Iowa

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

Total declarations
20
1965 to 2024
Tracked FEMA aid
$4.7M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Flood
182 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.

Water Control Facilities$1.5M
Roads and Bridges$1.5M
Emergency Protective Measures$454K
Utilities$290K
Debris Removal$277K
Management Costs$146K
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$36K
Buildings and Equipment$19K
Total PA obligated$4.3M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations182
IHP / household aid$461K
Housing assistance$236K
Other needs assistance$225K
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 2020Kossuth County

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

DR-4483-IA · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$290KPA obligated
33Registrations
$211KHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Kossuth County

COVID-19

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

SNOW

EM-3275-IA · Feb 28, 2007 to Mar 2, 2007
$80KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
WinterDec 1991Kossuth County

ICE STORM

DR-928-IA · Oct 31, 1991 to Nov 29, 1991
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
FloodApr 1965Kossuth County

FLOODING

DR-193-IA · Apr 22, 1965
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
IA, PAPrograms
About this county

Disaster history context for Kossuth County

Kossuth County, Iowa has 20 FEMA disaster declarations on record, spanning from 1965 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 $4.7M, 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.