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Bastrop County, Texas

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

Total declarations
31
1991 to 2023
Tracked FEMA aid
$65.8M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Fire
5,994 registrations tracked
Most recent event
DR-4705
Apr 21, 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.

Debris Removal$29.8M
Utilities$11.3M
Roads and Bridges$6.3M
Emergency Protective Measures$1.9M
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$391K
Buildings and Equipment$352K
Water Control Facilities$203K
Management Costs$147K
Total PA obligated$50.6M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations5,994
IHP / household aid$15.2M
Housing assistance$12.2M
Other needs assistance$3.0M
NFIP claims paid$9.9M
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 2020Bastrop County

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

DR-4485-TX · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$179KPA obligated
41Registrations
$180KHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Bastrop County

COVID-19

EM-3458-TX · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
HurricaneAug 2017Bastrop County

HURRICANE HARVEY

DR-4332-TX · Aug 23, 2017 to Sep 15, 2017
$4.0MPA obligated
767Registrations
$801KHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
FireSep 2011Bastrop County

WILDFIRES

DR-4029-TX · Aug 30, 2011 to Dec 31, 2011
$34.7MPA obligated
3,100Registrations
$10.5MHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
FireJul 2011Bastrop County

WILDFIRES

DR-1999-TX · Apr 6, 2011 to Aug 29, 2011
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
FireMar 2008Bastrop County

WILDFIRES

EM-3284-TX · Mar 14, 2008 to Sep 1, 2008
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
HurricaneSep 2005Bastrop County

HURRICANE RITA

DR-1606-TX · Sep 23, 2005 to Oct 14, 2005
$14KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneSep 2005Bastrop County

HURRICANE RITA

EM-3261-TX · Sep 20, 2005 to Oct 14, 2005
$5KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
About this county

Disaster history context for Bastrop County

Bastrop County, Texas has 31 FEMA disaster declarations on record, spanning from 1991 to 2023. The dominant hazard type is fire, followed by flood. That is above the Texas average of 21 declarations per county. Total tracked FEMA obligations for this county exceed $65.8M, 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.

The NFIP flood insurance section shows 331 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.