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Cass County, Nebraska

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

Total declarations
27
1967 to 2025
Tracked FEMA aid
$145.5M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Severe Storm
372 registrations tracked
Most recent event
DR-4868
May 21, 2025
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.

Utilities$122.9M
Emergency Protective Measures$7.8M
Management Costs$5.5M
Roads and Bridges$3.1M
Debris Removal$3.0M
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$1.8M
Buildings and Equipment$159K
Water Control Facilities$105K
Total PA obligated$144.5M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations372
IHP / household aid$1.0M
Housing assistance$887K
Other needs assistance$123K
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.

BiologicalApr 2020Cass County

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

DR-4521-NE · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$841KPA obligated
12Registrations
$41KHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Cass County

COVID-19

EM-3483-NE · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
FloodAug 2011Cass County

FLOODING

DR-4013-NE · May 24, 2011 to Aug 1, 2011
$3.8MPA obligated
64Registrations
$115KHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
FloodJun 2011Cass County

FLOODING

EM-3323-NE · Jun 17, 2011 to Aug 1, 2011
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
About this county

Disaster history context for Cass County

Cass County, Nebraska has 27 FEMA disaster declarations on record, spanning from 1967 to 2025. The dominant hazard type is severe storm, followed by flood. That is above the Nebraska average of 17 declarations per county. Total tracked FEMA obligations for this county exceed $145.5M, 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.