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Cape Girardeau County, Missouri

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

Total declarations
28
1973 to 2025
Tracked FEMA aid
$13.0M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Severe Storm
1,779 registrations tracked
Most recent event
DR-4872
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.

Debris Removal$2.3M
Emergency Protective Measures$1.9M
Water Control Facilities$1.5M
Roads and Bridges$1.4M
Utilities$1.2M
Buildings and Equipment$147K
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$51K
Emergency Work Donated Resources$45K
Total PA obligated$8.6M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations1,779
IHP / household aid$4.4M
Housing assistance$1.7M
Other needs assistance$2.7M
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.