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Flathead County, Montana

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

Total declarations
14
1974 to 2022
Tracked FEMA aid
$2.2M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Fire
186 registrations tracked
Most recent event
DR-4655
Jun 16, 2022
Cross-link

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The same county on FloodZoneMap.org covers flood-zone context, map interpretation, and related flood insurance questions that sit adjacent to this disaster-history page.

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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$831K
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$350K
Utilities$257K
Roads and Bridges$77K
Management Costs$26K
Debris Removal$20K
Emergency Work Donated Resources$2K
Total PA obligated$1.6M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations186
IHP / household aid$601K
Housing assistance$79K
Other needs assistance$522K
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 2020Flathead County

COVID-19

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

Flathead County, Montana has 14 FEMA disaster declarations on record, spanning from 1974 to 2022. The dominant hazard type is fire, followed by flood. That is above the Montana average of 10 declarations per county. Total tracked FEMA obligations for this county exceed $2.2M, 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.