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Hennepin County, Minnesota

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

Total declarations
18
1965 to 2020
Tracked FEMA aid
$145.4M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Flood
1,658 registrations tracked
Most recent event
DR-4531
Apr 7, 2020
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$123.3M
Debris Removal$5.0M
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$4.4M
Roads and Bridges$1.5M
Buildings and Equipment$1.0M
Management Costs$950K
Utilities$327K
Water Control Facilities$285K
Total PA obligated$136.8M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations1,658
IHP / household aid$8.6M
Housing assistance$147K
Other needs assistance$8.5M
NFIP claims paid$4.6M
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 2020Hennepin County

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

DR-4531-MN · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$118.8MPA obligated
1,538Registrations
$8.5MHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Hennepin County

COVID-19

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

FLOODING

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

DROUGHT

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

FLOODING

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

FLOODING

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

Disaster history context for Hennepin County

Hennepin County, Minnesota has 18 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 $145.4M, 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.

The NFIP flood insurance section shows 697 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.