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Pottawattamie County, Iowa

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

Total declarations
26
1965 to 2024
Tracked FEMA aid
$54.8M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Severe Storm
2,496 registrations tracked
Most recent event
DR-4796
Jun 24, 2024
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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$12.0M
Utilities$11.1M
Emergency Protective Measures$10.3M
Roads and Bridges$6.1M
Debris Removal$4.0M
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$2.9M
Buildings and Equipment$1.5M
Management Costs$458K
Total PA obligated$48.7M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations2,496
IHP / household aid$6.1M
Housing assistance$4.5M
Other needs assistance$1.6M
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.

FloodJun 2011Pottawattamie County

FLOODING

DR-1998-IA · May 25, 2011 to Aug 1, 2011
$16.8MPA obligated
778Registrations
$2.9MHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
WinterMar 2007Pottawattamie County

SNOW

EM-3275-IA · Feb 28, 2007 to Mar 2, 2007
$181KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
About this county

Disaster history context for Pottawattamie County

Pottawattamie County, Iowa has 26 FEMA disaster declarations on record, spanning from 1965 to 2024. The dominant hazard type is severe storm, followed by flood. That is above the Iowa average of 19 declarations per county. Total tracked FEMA obligations for this county exceed $54.8M, 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.