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Chautauqua County, Kansas

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

Total declarations
16
1973 to 2025
Tracked FEMA aid
$12.6M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Severe Storm
19 registrations tracked
Most recent event
DR-4869
May 21, 2025
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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.

Utilities$11.6M
Roads and Bridges$717K
Debris Removal$62K
Water Control Facilities$56K
Buildings and Equipment$36K
Management Costs$15K
Emergency Protective Measures$13K
Emergency Work Donated Resources$7K
Total PA obligated$12.5M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations19
IHP / household aid$83K
Housing assistance$52K
Other needs assistance$31K
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 2020Chautauqua County

COVID-19

EM-3481-KS · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
About this county

Disaster history context for Chautauqua County

Chautauqua County, Kansas has 16 FEMA disaster declarations on record, spanning from 1973 to 2025. The dominant hazard type is severe storm, followed by biological. That is close to the Kansas average of 18 declarations per county. Total tracked FEMA obligations for this county exceed $12.6M, 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.