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Nelson County, North Dakota

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

Total declarations
33
1965 to 2025
Tracked FEMA aid
$5.8M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Flood
47 registrations tracked
Most recent event
DR-4895
Oct 22, 2025
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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$5.1M
Emergency Protective Measures$375K
Management Costs$84K
Water Control Facilities$80K
Debris Removal$35K
Utilities$30K
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$4K
Buildings and Equipment$1K
Total PA obligated$5.8M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations47
IHP / household aid$90K
Housing assistance$62K
Other needs assistance$28K
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 2023Nelson County

FLOODING

DR-4717-ND · Apr 10, 2023 to May 6, 2023
$57KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
FloodJul 2020Nelson County

FLOODING

DR-4553-ND · Apr 1, 2020 to Apr 25, 2020
$234KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Nelson County

COVID-19

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

FLOODING

DR-4475-ND · Oct 9, 2019 to Oct 26, 2019
$212KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
FloodMay 2011Nelson County

FLOODING

DR-1981-ND · Feb 14, 2011 to Jul 20, 2011
$881KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
FloodApr 2011Nelson County

FLOODING

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

FLOODING

DR-1907-ND · Feb 26, 2010 to Jul 15, 2010
$351KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
FloodMar 2010Nelson County

FLOODING

EM-3309-ND · Feb 26, 2010 to Apr 30, 2010
$810PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
FloodApr 1969Nelson County

FLOODING

DR-256-ND · Apr 18, 1969
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
IA, PAPrograms
FloodMar 1966Nelson County

FLOODING

DR-216-ND · Mar 23, 1966
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
IA, PAPrograms
FloodMay 1965Nelson County

FLOODING

DR-195-ND · May 10, 1965
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
IA, PAPrograms