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Mellette County, South Dakota

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

Total declarations
14
1976 to 2023
Tracked FEMA aid
$276K
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Coastal Storm
38 registrations tracked
Most recent event
DR-4689
Feb 27, 2023
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$237K
Emergency Protective Measures$22K
Management Costs$499
Total PA obligated$259K

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations38
IHP / household aid$17K
Housing assistance$12K
Other needs assistance$5K
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 2020Mellette County

COVID-19

EM-3475-SD · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
DroughtJun 1976Mellette County

DROUGHT

EM-3015-SD · Jun 17, 1976
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
About this county

Disaster history context for Mellette County

Mellette County, South Dakota has 14 FEMA disaster declarations on record, spanning from 1976 to 2023. The dominant hazard type is coastal storm, followed by flood. That is below the South Dakota average of 19 declarations per county. Total tracked FEMA obligations for this county exceed $276K, 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.