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Tama County, Iowa

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

Total declarations
21
1965 to 2024
Tracked FEMA aid
$10.4M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Flood
846 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.

Debris Removal$3.7M
Roads and Bridges$2.9M
Buildings and Equipment$811K
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$731K
Emergency Protective Measures$607K
Utilities$308K
Management Costs$131K
Emergency Work Donated Resources$90K
Total PA obligated$9.3M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations846
IHP / household aid$1.1M
Housing assistance$890K
Other needs assistance$188K
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 2020Tama County

SEVERE STORMS

DR-4557-IA · Aug 10, 2020
$3.9MPA obligated
451Registrations
$259KHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Tama County

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

DR-4483-IA · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$86KPA obligated
16Registrations
$110KHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Tama County

COVID-19

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

FLOODING

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

FLOODING

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

Disaster history context for Tama County

Tama County, Iowa has 21 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 $10.4M, 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.