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Marion County, Iowa

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

Total declarations
19
1965 to 2020
Tracked FEMA aid
$6.2M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Flood
791 registrations tracked
Most recent event
DR-4483
Mar 23, 2020
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.

Roads and Bridges$1.5M
Emergency Protective Measures$1.5M
Utilities$1.2M
Debris Removal$508K
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$69K
Buildings and Equipment$32K
Management Costs$31K
Emergency Work Donated Resources$23K
Total PA obligated$4.9M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations791
IHP / household aid$1.3M
Housing assistance$966K
Other needs assistance$374K
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 2020Marion County

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

DR-4483-IA · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$1.2MPA obligated
52Registrations
$327KHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Marion County

COVID-19

EM-3480-IA · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
FloodApr 1969Marion County

FLOODING

DR-259-IA · Apr 25, 1969
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
IA, PAPrograms
FloodApr 1965Marion County

FLOODING

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

Disaster history context for Marion County

Marion County, Iowa has 19 FEMA disaster declarations on record, spanning from 1965 to 2020. 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 $6.2M, 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.