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Butler County, Missouri

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

Total declarations
23
1973 to 2025
Tracked FEMA aid
$75.7M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Severe Storm
2,222 registrations tracked
Most recent event
DR-4867
May 21, 2025
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.

Utilities$56.1M
Debris Removal$5.4M
Roads and Bridges$2.8M
Emergency Protective Measures$2.6M
Water Control Facilities$192K
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$156K
Emergency Work Donated Resources$118K
Buildings and Equipment$112K
Total PA obligated$67.7M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations2,222
IHP / household aid$8.0M
Housing assistance$5.7M
Other needs assistance$2.4M
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.

BiologicalMar 2020Butler County

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

DR-4490-MO · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$253KPA obligated
193Registrations
$1.1MHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Butler County

COVID-19

EM-3482-MO · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
DroughtSep 1976Butler County

DROUGHT

EM-3017-MO · Sep 24, 1976
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
About this county

Disaster history context for Butler County

Butler County, Missouri has 23 FEMA disaster declarations on record, spanning from 1973 to 2025. The dominant hazard type is severe storm, followed by flood. That is close to the Missouri average of 25 declarations per county. Total tracked FEMA obligations for this county exceed $75.7M, 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.