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Houghton County, Michigan

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

Total declarations
9
1977 to 2020
Tracked FEMA aid
$26.9M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Flood
59 registrations tracked
Most recent event
DR-4494
Mar 27, 2020
Cross-link

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The same county on FloodZoneMap.org covers flood-zone context, map interpretation, and related flood insurance questions that sit adjacent to this disaster-history page.

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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$18.3M
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$3.0M
Debris Removal$2.4M
Direct Administrative Costs$1.2M
Utilities$781K
Buildings and Equipment$399K
Water Control Facilities$342K
Emergency Protective Measures$106K
Total PA obligated$26.6M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations59
IHP / household aid$344K
Housing assistance$0
Other needs assistance$344K
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 2020Houghton County

COVID-19

EM-3455-MI · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
FloodJun 2013Houghton County

FLOODING

DR-4121-MI · Apr 16, 2013 to May 14, 2013
$367KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
FloodMay 2002Houghton County

FLOODING

DR-1413-MI · Apr 10, 2002 to May 9, 2002
$246KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
DroughtMar 1977Houghton County

DROUGHT

EM-3035-MI · Mar 2, 1977
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
About this county

Disaster history context for Houghton County

Houghton County, Michigan has 9 FEMA disaster declarations on record, spanning from 1977 to 2020. The dominant hazard type is flood, followed by biological. That is close to the Michigan average of 10 declarations per county. Total tracked FEMA obligations for this county exceed $26.9M, 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.