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Galveston County, Texas

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

Total declarations
31
1973 to 2024
Tracked FEMA aid
$1.5B
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Hurricane
211,888 registrations tracked
Most recent event
DR-4798
Jul 9, 2024
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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.

Buildings and Equipment$282.8M
Emergency Protective Measures$244.9M
Utilities$233.5M
Debris Removal$226.1M
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$79.5M
Water Control Facilities$37.1M
Roads and Bridges$19.6M
Management Costs$5.3M
Total PA obligated$1.1B

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations211,888
IHP / household aid$368.1M
Housing assistance$260.5M
Other needs assistance$107.6M
NFIP claims paid$2.5B
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 2020Galveston County

COVID-19

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

HURRICANE HARVEY

DR-4332-TX · Aug 23, 2017 to Sep 15, 2017
$154.5MPA obligated
44,785Registrations
$109.1MHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneSep 2008Galveston County

HURRICANE IKE

DR-1791-TX · Sep 7, 2008 to Oct 2, 2008
$885.1MPA obligated
72,214Registrations
$190.1MHousehold aid
IA, PA, HMPrograms
FireMar 2008Galveston County

WILDFIRES

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

HURRICANE RITA

DR-1606-TX · Sep 23, 2005 to Oct 14, 2005
$7.9MPA obligated
42,293Registrations
$22.5MHousehold aid
IA, PA, HMPrograms