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Yellowstone County, Montana

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

Total declarations
14
1978 to 2022
Tracked FEMA aid
$26.6M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Fire
770 registrations tracked
Most recent event
DR-4655
Jun 16, 2022
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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$11.4M
Utilities$9.3M
Water Control Facilities$2.9M
Roads and Bridges$353K
Debris Removal$25K
Management Costs$23K
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$11K
Buildings and Equipment$3K
Total PA obligated$23.9M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations770
IHP / household aid$2.6M
Housing assistance$443K
Other needs assistance$2.2M
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 2020Yellowstone County

COVID-19

EM-3476-MT · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
About this county

Disaster history context for Yellowstone County

Yellowstone County, Montana has 14 FEMA disaster declarations on record, spanning from 1978 to 2022. The dominant hazard type is fire, followed by biological. That is above the Montana average of 10 declarations per county. Total tracked FEMA obligations for this county exceed $26.6M, 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.