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Butler County, Ohio

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

Total declarations
14
1968 to 2020
Tracked FEMA aid
$14.5M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Severe Storm
781 registrations tracked
Most recent event
DR-4507
Mar 31, 2020
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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.

Emergency Protective Measures$6.5M
Debris Removal$1.9M
Utilities$959K
Roads and Bridges$543K
Buildings and Equipment$109K
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$75K
Emergency Work Donated Resources$5K
Total PA obligated$10.1M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations781
IHP / household aid$4.4M
Housing assistance$0
Other needs assistance$4.4M
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.

BiologicalMar 2020Butler County

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

DR-4507-OH · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$5.2MPA obligated
781Registrations
$4.4MHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Butler County

COVID-19

EM-3457-OH · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
StormJun 2012Butler County

SEVERE STORMS

EM-3346-OH · Jun 29, 2012 to Jul 2, 2012
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
WinterJan 2005Butler County

SNOW

EM-3198-OH · Dec 22, 2004 to Dec 24, 2004
$601KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
FloodJun 1996Butler County

FLOODING

DR-1122-OH · May 2, 1996 to Jun 24, 1996
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
TornadoeApr 1974Butler County

TORNADOES

DR-421-OH · Apr 4, 1974
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
IA, PAPrograms
About this county

Disaster history context for Butler County

Butler County, Ohio has 14 FEMA disaster declarations on record, spanning from 1968 to 2020. The dominant hazard type is severe storm, followed by flood. That is close to the Ohio average of 15 declarations per county. Total tracked FEMA obligations for this county exceed $14.5M, 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.