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Bell County, Texas

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

Total declarations
23
1974 to 2024
Tracked FEMA aid
$35.4M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Fire
16,998 registrations tracked
Most recent event
DR-4781
May 17, 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.

Emergency Protective Measures$10.3M
Debris Removal$5.8M
Buildings and Equipment$657K
Management Costs$339K
Roads and Bridges$239K
Utilities$152K
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$27K
Emergency Work Donated Resources$4K
Total PA obligated$17.5M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations16,998
IHP / household aid$17.8M
Housing assistance$6.3M
Other needs assistance$11.5M
NFIP claims paid$14.0M
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 2020Bell County

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

DR-4485-TX · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$1.4MPA obligated
761Registrations
$3.8MHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Bell County

COVID-19

EM-3458-TX · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
HurricaneSep 2008Bell County

HURRICANE IKE

EM-3294-TX · Sep 7, 2008 to Sep 26, 2008
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
FireMar 2008Bell County

WILDFIRES

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

HURRICANE RITA

DR-1606-TX · Sep 23, 2005 to Oct 14, 2005
$83KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneSep 2005Bell County

HURRICANE RITA

EM-3261-TX · Sep 20, 2005 to Oct 14, 2005
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms