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Clay County, Minnesota

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

Total declarations
29
1966 to 2023
Tracked FEMA aid
$21.8M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Flood
982 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.

Emergency Protective Measures$9.6M
Roads and Bridges$5.8M
Debris Removal$1.7M
Water Control Facilities$995K
Utilities$763K
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$382K
Buildings and Equipment$337K
Management Costs$39K
Total PA obligated$19.6M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations982
IHP / household aid$2.2M
Housing assistance$1.8M
Other needs assistance$325K
NFIP claims paid$13.8M
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.

BiologicalApr 2020Clay County

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

DR-4531-MN · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$293KPA obligated
38Registrations
$221KHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Clay County

COVID-19

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

FLOODING

DR-1900-MN · Mar 1, 2010 to Apr 26, 2010
$2.0MPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
FloodMar 2010Clay County

FLOODING

EM-3310-MN · Mar 1, 2010 to Apr 26, 2010
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
FloodJun 2006Clay County

FLOODING

DR-1648-MN · Mar 30, 2006 to May 3, 2006
$669KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
FloodMay 1989Clay County

FLOODING

DR-824-MN · Mar 29, 1989 to May 8, 1989
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
IA, PAPrograms
DroughtJun 1976Clay County

DROUGHT

EM-3013-MN · Jun 17, 1976
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
FloodApr 1969Clay County

FLOODING

DR-255-MN · Apr 18, 1969
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
IA, PAPrograms
FloodMar 1966Clay County

FLOODING

DR-215-MN · Mar 22, 1966
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
IA, PAPrograms
About this county

Disaster history context for Clay County

Clay County, Minnesota has 29 FEMA disaster declarations on record, spanning from 1966 to 2023. The dominant hazard type is flood, followed by severe storm. That is above the Minnesota average of 18 declarations per county. Total tracked FEMA obligations for this county exceed $21.8M, 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 1,388 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.