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Dakota County, Minnesota

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

Total declarations
16
1965 to 2020
Tracked FEMA aid
$11.4M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Flood
246 registrations tracked
Most recent event
DR-4531
Apr 7, 2020
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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$3.6M
Emergency Protective Measures$3.5M
Debris Removal$1.3M
Roads and Bridges$611K
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$314K
Buildings and Equipment$312K
Water Control Facilities$257K
Emergency Work Donated Resources$220K
Total PA obligated$10.1M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations246
IHP / household aid$1.3M
Housing assistance$0
Other needs assistance$1.3M
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.

BiologicalApr 2020Dakota County

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

DR-4531-MN · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$2.2MPA obligated
246Registrations
$1.3MHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Dakota County

COVID-19

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

FLOODING

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

DROUGHT

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

FLOODING

DR-255-MN · Apr 18, 1969
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
IA, PAPrograms
FloodApr 1965Dakota County

FLOODING

DR-188-MN · Apr 11, 1965
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
IA, PAPrograms
About this county

Disaster history context for Dakota County

Dakota County, Minnesota has 16 FEMA disaster declarations on record, spanning from 1965 to 2020. 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 $11.4M, 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.