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Brooks County, Texas

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

Total declarations
23
1967 to 2021
Tracked FEMA aid
$582K
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Hurricane
186 registrations tracked
Most recent event
DR-4586
Feb 19, 2021
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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$199K
Debris Removal$112K
Roads and Bridges$18K
Emergency Work Donated Resources$9K
Utilities$9K
Buildings and Equipment$8K
Total PA obligated$355K

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations186
IHP / household aid$227K
Housing assistance$143K
Other needs assistance$85K
NFIP claims paid$1.2M
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.

HurricaneJul 2020Brooks County

HURRICANE HANNA

EM-3530-TX · Jul 25, 2020 to Jul 31, 2020
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Brooks County

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

DR-4485-TX · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$79KPA obligated
12Registrations
$63KHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Brooks County

COVID-19

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

WILDFIRES

DR-1999-TX · Apr 6, 2011 to Aug 29, 2011
$80KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneSep 2008Brooks County

HURRICANE IKE

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

HURRICANE DOLLY

DR-1780-TX · Jul 22, 2008 to Aug 1, 2008
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
FireMar 2008Brooks County

ENCINO FIRE

FM-2755-TX · Mar 19, 2008 to Mar 23, 2008
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
FireMar 2008Brooks County

WILDFIRES

EM-3284-TX · Mar 14, 2008 to Sep 1, 2008
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
HurricaneAug 2007Brooks County

HURRICANE DEAN

EM-3277-TX · Aug 17, 2007 to Sep 5, 2007
$4KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
HurricaneSep 2005Brooks County

HURRICANE RITA

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

HURRICANE RITA

EM-3261-TX · Sep 20, 2005 to Oct 14, 2005
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
HurricaneAug 1999Brooks County

HURRICANE BRET

DR-1287-TX · Aug 21, 1999 to Aug 26, 1999
$166KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
IA, PA, HMPrograms
About this county

Disaster history context for Brooks County

Brooks County, Texas has 23 FEMA disaster declarations on record, spanning from 1967 to 2021. The dominant hazard type is hurricane, followed by fire. That is close to the Texas average of 21 declarations per county. Total tracked FEMA obligations for this county exceed $582K, 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 185 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.