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Big Horn County, Montana

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

Total declarations
8
1978 to 2021
Tracked FEMA aid
$3.3M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Biological
380 registrations tracked
Most recent event
DR-5403
Jul 28, 2021
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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$836K
Utilities$697K
Emergency Protective Measures$317K
Buildings and Equipment$163K
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$22K
Emergency Work Donated Resources$11K
Debris Removal$7K
Water Control Facilities$6K
Total PA obligated$2.1M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations380
IHP / household aid$1.2M
Housing assistance$1.1M
Other needs assistance$135K
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.

FireJul 2021Big Horn County

PF FIRE

FM-5403-MT · Jul 28, 2021 to Jul 31, 2021
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Big Horn County

COVID-19

EM-3476-MT · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
FireAug 2000Big Horn County

WILDFIRES

DR-1340-MT · Jul 13, 2000 to Sep 25, 2000
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
IAPrograms
About this county

Disaster history context for Big Horn County

Big Horn County, Montana has 8 FEMA disaster declarations on record, spanning from 1978 to 2021. The dominant hazard type is biological, followed by biological. That is below the Montana average of 10 declarations per county. Total tracked FEMA obligations for this county exceed $3.3M, 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.