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Nemaha County, Nebraska

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

Total declarations
25
1973 to 2025
Tracked FEMA aid
$14.2M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Severe Storm
58 registrations tracked
Most recent event
DR-4896
Oct 22, 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$7.2M
Emergency Protective Measures$1.9M
Water Control Facilities$1.5M
Roads and Bridges$1.5M
Debris Removal$748K
Management Costs$615K
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$379K
Emergency Work Donated Resources$95K
Total PA obligated$13.9M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations58
IHP / household aid$304K
Housing assistance$214K
Other needs assistance$91K
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 2020Nemaha County

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

DR-4521-NE · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$60KPA obligated
10Registrations
$63KHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Nemaha County

COVID-19

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

FLOODING

DR-4013-NE · May 24, 2011 to Aug 1, 2011
$759KPA obligated
11Registrations
$52KHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
FloodJun 2011Nemaha 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 Nemaha County

Nemaha County, Nebraska has 25 FEMA disaster declarations on record, spanning from 1973 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 $14.2M, 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.