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De Soto Parish, Louisiana

County-level FEMA declaration history, assistance rollups, and flood insurance context for De Soto Parish.

Total declarations
33
1991 to 2026
Tracked FEMA aid
$3.7M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Hurricane
1,011 registrations tracked
Most recent event
DR-4900
Feb 18, 2026
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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.

Roads and Bridges$1.1M
Emergency Protective Measures$679K
Debris Removal$346K
Buildings and Equipment$99K
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$76K
Utilities$61K
Emergency Work Donated Resources$5K
Management Costs$4K
Total PA obligated$2.4M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations1,011
IHP / household aid$1.4M
Housing assistance$1.0M
Other needs assistance$330K
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.

HurricaneAug 2021De Soto Parish

HURRICANE IDA

DR-4611-LA · Aug 26, 2021 to Sep 3, 2021
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneAug 2020De Soto Parish

HURRICANE LAURA

DR-4559-LA · Aug 22, 2020 to Aug 27, 2020
$70KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020De Soto Parish

COVID-19

EM-3459-LA · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
HurricaneSep 2008De Soto Parish

HURRICANE IKE

DR-1792-LA · Sep 11, 2008 to Nov 7, 2008
$166KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneSep 2005De Soto Parish

HURRICANE RITA

DR-1607-LA · Sep 23, 2005 to Nov 1, 2005
$188KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
About this county

Disaster history context for De Soto Parish

De Soto Parish, Louisiana has 33 FEMA disaster declarations on record, spanning from 1991 to 2026. The dominant hazard type is hurricane, followed by severe storm. That is close to the Louisiana average of 41 declarations per county. Total tracked FEMA obligations for this county exceed $3.7M, 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.