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Lake of the Woods County, Minnesota

County-level FEMA declaration history, assistance rollups, and flood insurance context for Lake of the Woods County.

Total declarations
18
1965 to 2023
Tracked FEMA aid
$3.7M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Flood
1 registrations tracked
Most recent event
DR-4722
Jul 19, 2023
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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$2.0M
Utilities$776K
Water Control Facilities$473K
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$195K
Emergency Protective Measures$171K
Management Costs$47K
Buildings and Equipment$6K
Debris Removal$4K
Total PA obligated$3.7M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations1
IHP / household aid$7K
Housing assistance$0
Other needs assistance$7K
NFIP claims paid$129K
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.

About this county

Disaster history context for Lake of the Woods County

Lake of the Woods County, Minnesota has 18 FEMA disaster declarations on record, spanning from 1965 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 $3.7M, 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 5 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.