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Polk County, Iowa

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

Total declarations
20
1965 to 2024
Tracked FEMA aid
$409.7M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Flood
12,271 registrations tracked
Most recent event
DR-4784
May 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$283.2M
Section 324 Management Costs$27.8M
Debris Removal$24.4M
Management Costs$21.5M
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$9.5M
Direct Administrative Costs$7.3M
Utilities$5.9M
Roads and Bridges$3.4M
Total PA obligated$387.5M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations12,271
IHP / household aid$22.3M
Housing assistance$14.2M
Other needs assistance$8.1M
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.

StormAug 2020Polk County

SEVERE STORMS

DR-4557-IA · Aug 10, 2020
$23.0MPA obligated
1,939Registrations
$806KHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Polk County

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

DR-4483-IA · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$264.9MPA obligated
939Registrations
$5.6MHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Polk County

COVID-19

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

FLOODING

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

FLOODING

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

Disaster history context for Polk County

Polk 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 $409.7M, 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.