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Dawson County, Montana

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

Total declarations
9
1986 to 2021
Tracked FEMA aid
$1.5M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Flood
14 registrations tracked
Most recent event
DR-4608
Aug 13, 2021
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.

Roads and Bridges$887K
Water Control Facilities$524K
Buildings and Equipment$43K
Utilities$17K
Emergency Protective Measures$11K
Emergency Work Donated Resources$1K
Total PA obligated$1.5M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations14
IHP / household aid$60K
Housing assistance$0
Other needs assistance$60K
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 2020Dawson County

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

DR-4508-MT · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$0PA obligated
14Registrations
$60KHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Dawson County

COVID-19

EM-3476-MT · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
FloodJul 2013Dawson County

FLOODING

DR-4127-MT · May 19, 2013 to Jun 3, 2013
$67KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
About this county

Disaster history context for Dawson County

Dawson County, Montana has 9 FEMA disaster declarations on record, spanning from 1986 to 2021. The dominant hazard type is flood, followed by severe storm. That is close to the Montana average of 10 declarations per county. Total tracked FEMA obligations for this county exceed $1.5M, 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.