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Polk County, Missouri

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

Total declarations
24
1973 to 2020
Tracked FEMA aid
$14.9M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Severe Storm
476 registrations tracked
Most recent event
DR-4552
Jul 9, 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.

Emergency Protective Measures$6.8M
Utilities$4.4M
Roads and Bridges$1.6M
Debris Removal$590K
Emergency Work Donated Resources$42K
Management Costs$21K
Buildings and Equipment$8K
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$4K
Total PA obligated$13.4M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations476
IHP / household aid$1.4M
Housing assistance$895K
Other needs assistance$528K
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 2020Polk County

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

DR-4490-MO · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$6.4MPA obligated
86Registrations
$443KHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Polk County

COVID-19

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

DROUGHT

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

Disaster history context for Polk County

Polk County, Missouri has 24 FEMA disaster declarations on record, spanning from 1973 to 2020. The dominant hazard type is severe storm, followed by severe ice storm. That is close to the Missouri average of 25 declarations per county. Total tracked FEMA obligations for this county exceed $14.9M, 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.