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Dawson County, Nebraska

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

Total declarations
15
1978 to 2026
Tracked FEMA aid
$11.8M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Severe Storm
965 registrations tracked
Most recent event
DR-5623
Mar 13, 2026
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$8.8M
Roads and Bridges$765K
Buildings and Equipment$394K
Debris Removal$153K
Emergency Protective Measures$111K
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$32K
Management Costs$23K
Water Control Facilities$20K
Total PA obligated$10.3M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations965
IHP / household aid$1.5M
Housing assistance$1.2M
Other needs assistance$315K
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 2020Dawson County

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

DR-4521-NE · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$25KPA obligated
29Registrations
$163KHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Dawson County

COVID-19

EM-3483-NE · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
About this county

Disaster history context for Dawson County

Dawson County, Nebraska has 15 FEMA disaster declarations on record, spanning from 1978 to 2026. The dominant hazard type is severe storm, followed by flood. That is close to the Nebraska average of 17 declarations per county. Total tracked FEMA obligations for this county exceed $11.8M, 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.