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Lincoln County, New Mexico

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

Total declarations
35
1965 to 2025
Tracked FEMA aid
$106.5M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Fire
2,987 registrations tracked
Most recent event
DR-4886
Jul 22, 2025
Cross-link

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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.

Roads and Bridges$35.9M
Utilities$29.6M
Emergency Protective Measures$9.6M
Debris Removal$8.9M
Water Control Facilities$5.4M
Management Costs$1.9M
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$1.2M
Buildings and Equipment$193K
Total PA obligated$92.6M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations2,987
IHP / household aid$14.0M
Housing assistance$9.4M
Other needs assistance$4.5M
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.

FireJun 2024Lincoln County

SALT FIRE

FM-5498-NM · Jun 17, 2024
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
FireApr 2022Lincoln County

MCBRIDE FIRE

FM-5432-NM · Apr 12, 2022 to Jul 23, 2022
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Lincoln County

COVID-19

EM-3460-NM · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
FloodAug 2012Lincoln County

FLOODING

DR-4079-NM · Jun 22, 2012 to Jul 12, 2012
$2.8MPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
FireApr 2011Lincoln County

WHITE FIRE

FM-2880-NM · Apr 3, 2011 to Apr 20, 2011
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
FireMay 2000Lincoln County

CREE FIRE

FM-2296-NM · May 7, 2000 to Jun 30, 2000
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
FloodJan 1979Lincoln County

FLOODING

DR-571-NM · Jan 29, 1979
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
IA, PAPrograms
About this county

Disaster history context for Lincoln County

Lincoln County, New Mexico has 35 FEMA disaster declarations on record, spanning from 1965 to 2025. The dominant hazard type is fire, followed by flood. That is above the New Mexico average of 12 declarations per county. Total tracked FEMA obligations for this county exceed $106.5M, 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.