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Big Stone County, Minnesota

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

Total declarations
20
1969 to 2023
Tracked FEMA aid
$2.8M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Flood
12 registrations tracked
Most recent event
DR-4722
Jul 19, 2023
Cross-link

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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$1.7M
Emergency Protective Measures$399K
Debris Removal$306K
Water Control Facilities$257K
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$39K
Utilities$32K
Management Costs$25K
Buildings and Equipment$8K
Total PA obligated$2.8M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations12
IHP / household aid$57K
Housing assistance$0
Other needs assistance$57K
NFIP claims paid$834K
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 2020Big Stone County

COVID-19

EM-3453-MN · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
FloodApr 2010Big Stone County

FLOODING

DR-1900-MN · Mar 1, 2010 to Apr 26, 2010
$370KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
FloodMar 2010Big Stone County

FLOODING

EM-3310-MN · Mar 1, 2010 to Apr 26, 2010
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
DroughtJun 1976Big Stone County

DROUGHT

EM-3013-MN · Jun 17, 1976
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
About this county

Disaster history context for Big Stone County

Big Stone County, Minnesota has 20 FEMA disaster declarations on record, spanning from 1969 to 2023. The dominant hazard type is flood, followed by severe storm. That is close to the Minnesota average of 18 declarations per county. Total tracked FEMA obligations for this county exceed $2.8M, 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.

The NFIP flood insurance section shows 92 claims and 0 active policies currently tracked for this county. Flood insurance claims and disaster declarations overlap but are not the same — a county can have significant flood claims without a major disaster declaration, and vice versa.