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Morton County, North Dakota

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

Total declarations
27
1966 to 2025
Tracked FEMA aid
$39.8M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Flood
710 registrations tracked
Most recent event
DR-4888
Sep 11, 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.

Utilities$24.5M
Debris Removal$6.2M
Emergency Protective Measures$3.4M
Roads and Bridges$3.0M
Water Control Facilities$985K
Emergency Work Donated Resources$123K
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$51K
Buildings and Equipment$39K
Total PA obligated$38.4M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations710
IHP / household aid$1.4M
Housing assistance$1.2M
Other needs assistance$228K
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.

FloodJul 2023Morton County

FLOODING

DR-4717-ND · Apr 10, 2023 to May 6, 2023
$138KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalApr 2020Morton County

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

DR-4509-ND · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$11KPA obligated
30Registrations
$199KHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Morton County

COVID-19

EM-3477-ND · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
FloodJun 2019Morton County

FLOODING

DR-4444-ND · Mar 21, 2019 to Apr 28, 2019
$177KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
FloodMay 2011Morton County

FLOODING

DR-1981-ND · Feb 14, 2011 to Jul 20, 2011
$7.7MPA obligated
388Registrations
$985KHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
FloodApr 2011Morton County

FLOODING

EM-3318-ND · Apr 5, 2011 to Jul 1, 2011
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
FloodApr 2010Morton County

FLOODING

DR-1907-ND · Feb 26, 2010 to Jul 15, 2010
$180KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
FloodApr 1969Morton County

FLOODING

DR-256-ND · Apr 18, 1969
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
IA, PAPrograms
About this county

Disaster history context for Morton County

Morton County, North Dakota has 27 FEMA disaster declarations on record, spanning from 1966 to 2025. The dominant hazard type is flood, followed by severe storm. That is close to the North Dakota average of 26 declarations per county. Total tracked FEMA obligations for this county exceed $39.8M, 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.