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Anderson County, Texas

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

Total declarations
31
1966 to 2024
Tracked FEMA aid
$8.2M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Hurricane
1,963 registrations tracked
Most recent event
DR-4798
Jul 9, 2024
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$865K
Emergency Protective Measures$347K
Debris Removal$341K
Buildings and Equipment$303K
Utilities$260K
Water Control Facilities$169K
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$55K
Emergency Work Donated Resources$42K
Total PA obligated$2.4M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations1,963
IHP / household aid$5.8M
Housing assistance$3.5M
Other needs assistance$2.3M
NFIP claims paid$293K
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 2020Anderson County

COVID-19

EM-3458-TX · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
FireSep 2011Anderson County

WILDFIRES

DR-4029-TX · Aug 30, 2011 to Dec 31, 2011
$130KPA obligated
2Registrations
$30KHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
FireJul 2011Anderson County

WILDFIRES

DR-1999-TX · Apr 6, 2011 to Aug 29, 2011
$35KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneSep 2008Anderson County

HURRICANE IKE

DR-1791-TX · Sep 7, 2008 to Oct 2, 2008
$300KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
FireMar 2008Anderson County

WILDFIRES

EM-3284-TX · Mar 14, 2008 to Sep 1, 2008
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
About this county

Disaster history context for Anderson County

Anderson County, Texas has 31 FEMA disaster declarations on record, spanning from 1966 to 2024. The dominant hazard type is hurricane, followed by fire. That is above the Texas average of 21 declarations per county. Total tracked FEMA obligations for this county exceed $8.2M, 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.

The NFIP flood insurance section shows 19 claims and 0 active policies currently tracked for this county. Flood insurance claims and disaster declarations overlap but are not the same — a county can have significant flood claims without a major disaster declaration, and vice versa.