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Carson County, Texas

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

Total declarations
15
1992 to 2021
Tracked FEMA aid
$156K
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Fire
3 registrations tracked
Most recent event
DR-5422
Dec 15, 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$101K
Roads and Bridges$13K
Emergency Work Donated Resources$13K
Total PA obligated$127K

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations3
IHP / household aid$29K
Housing assistance$0
Other needs assistance$29K
NFIP claims paid$36K
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.

FireDec 2021Carson County

NORTH 207 FIRE

FM-5422-TX · Dec 15, 2021 to Dec 19, 2021
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Carson County

COVID-19

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

WILDFIRES

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

WILDFIRES

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

HURRICANE RITA

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

HURRICANE RITA

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

Disaster history context for Carson County

Carson County, Texas has 15 FEMA disaster declarations on record, spanning from 1992 to 2021. The dominant hazard type is fire, followed by severe ice storm. That is below the Texas average of 21 declarations per county. Total tracked FEMA obligations for this county exceed $156K, 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 3 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.