Barber County, Kansas
County-level FEMA declaration history, assistance rollups, and flood insurance context for Barber County.
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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.
Individual assistance
Registrations, housing assistance, and other-needs dollars surfaced through the FEMA assistance datasets.
Every declaration on record for this county
Ordered newest to oldest so recent search intent is handled first, without losing the long historical tail.
COVID-19 PANDEMIC
COVID-19
SEVERE STORMS, STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS, TORNADOES, FLOODING,LANDSLIDES,AND MUDSLIDES
SEVERE STORMS, STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS, AND FLOODING
SEVERE STORMS, STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS, AND FLOODING
ANDERSON CREEK FIRE
SEVERE STORMS, STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS, TORNADOES, AND FLOODING
SNOWSTORM
SEVERE STORMS, FLOODING, STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS, AND TORNADOES
SEVERE WINTER STORM AND RECORD AND NEAR RECORD SNOW
SEVERE STORMS, FLOODING AND TORNADOES
SEVERE WINTER STORMS
SEVERE WINTER STORMS
HURRICANE KATRINA EVACUATION
SEVERE WINTER STORMS, HEAVY RAINS, AND FLOODING
SEVERE WINTER ICE STORM
SEVERE STORMS, TORNADOES & FLOODING
SEVERE STORMS & FLOODING
Disaster history context for Barber County
Barber County, Kansas has 19 FEMA disaster declarations on record, spanning from 1973 to 2025. The dominant hazard type is severe storm, followed by severe ice storm. That is close to the Kansas average of 18 declarations per county. Total tracked FEMA obligations for this county exceed $988K, 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.