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Ellis County, Kansas

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

Total declarations
15
1993 to 2025
Tracked FEMA aid
$112.3M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Severe Storm
106 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$109.9M
Roads and Bridges$864K
Emergency Protective Measures$335K
Debris Removal$304K
Buildings and Equipment$243K
Management Costs$18K
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$14K
Emergency Work Donated Resources$2K
Total PA obligated$111.7M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations106
IHP / household aid$668K
Housing assistance$0
Other needs assistance$668K
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 2020Ellis County

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

DR-4504-KS · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$57KPA obligated
106Registrations
$668KHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Ellis County

COVID-19

EM-3481-KS · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
WinterApr 2013Ellis County

SNOWSTORM

DR-4112-KS · Feb 20, 2013 to Feb 23, 2013
$107KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
About this county

Disaster history context for Ellis County

Ellis County, Kansas has 15 FEMA disaster declarations on record, spanning from 1993 to 2025. The dominant hazard type is severe storm, followed by snowstorm. That is close to the Kansas average of 18 declarations per county. Total tracked FEMA obligations for this county exceed $112.3M, 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.