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Cameron County, Texas

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

Total declarations
34
1967 to 2025
Tracked FEMA aid
$113.6M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Hurricane
36,079 registrations tracked
Most recent event
DR-4871
May 21, 2025
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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$9.6M
Emergency Protective Measures$8.9M
Buildings and Equipment$7.9M
Water Control Facilities$4.0M
Roads and Bridges$3.1M
Utilities$2.5M
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$523K
Emergency Work Donated Resources$10K
Total PA obligated$36.5M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations36,079
IHP / household aid$77.1M
Housing assistance$50.5M
Other needs assistance$26.6M
NFIP claims paid$184.3M
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 2020Cameron County

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

DR-4485-TX · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$4.0MPA obligated
1,288Registrations
$5.8MHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Cameron County

COVID-19

EM-3458-TX · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
HurricaneAug 2010Cameron County

HURRICANE ALEX

DR-1931-TX · Jun 30, 2010 to Aug 14, 2010
$1.8MPA obligated
806Registrations
$983KHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneSep 2008Cameron County

HURRICANE IKE

EM-3294-TX · Sep 7, 2008 to Sep 26, 2008
$121KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
HurricaneJul 2008Cameron County

HURRICANE DOLLY

DR-1780-TX · Jul 22, 2008 to Aug 1, 2008
$29.6MPA obligated
19,036Registrations
$17.7MHousehold aid
IA, PA, HMPrograms
FireMar 2008Cameron County

WILDFIRES

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

HURRICANE DEAN

EM-3277-TX · Aug 17, 2007 to Sep 5, 2007
$174KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
HurricaneSep 2005Cameron County

HURRICANE RITA

DR-1606-TX · Sep 23, 2005 to Oct 14, 2005
$25KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneSep 2005Cameron County

HURRICANE RITA

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

HURRICANE BRET

DR-1287-TX · Aug 21, 1999 to Aug 26, 1999
$565KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
IA, PA, HMPrograms
FreezingJan 1990Cameron County

SEVERE FREEZE

DR-850-TX · Dec 21, 1989 to Dec 24, 1989
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
IAPrograms