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Harris County, Texas

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

Total declarations
41
1973 to 2024
Tracked FEMA aid
$5.2B
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Flood
1,978,149 registrations tracked
Most recent event
DR-4798
Jul 9, 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$1.4B
Buildings and Equipment$847.8M
Debris Removal$557.4M
Water Control Facilities$284.0M
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$91.3M
Utilities$76.6M
Management Costs$63.7M
Direct Administrative Costs$22.0M
Total PA obligated$3.4B

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations1,978,149
IHP / household aid$1.9B
Housing assistance$992.7M
Other needs assistance$882.9M
NFIP claims paid$0
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 2024Harris County

HURRICANE BERYL

DR-4798-TX · Jul 5, 2024 to Jul 9, 2024
$108.3MPA obligated
695,253Registrations
$578.3MHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneJul 2020Harris County

HURRICANE HANNA

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

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

DR-4485-TX · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$611.9MPA obligated
7,596Registrations
$41.2MHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Harris County

COVID-19

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

HURRICANE HARVEY

DR-4332-TX · Aug 23, 2017 to Sep 15, 2017
$1.3BPA obligated
449,336Registrations
$780.9MHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneSep 2008Harris County

HURRICANE IKE

DR-1791-TX · Sep 7, 2008 to Oct 2, 2008
$481.6MPA obligated
378,364Registrations
$151.5MHousehold aid
IA, PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneSep 2008Harris County

HURRICANE IKE

EM-3294-TX · Sep 7, 2008 to Sep 26, 2008
$15KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
HurricaneAug 2007Harris County

HURRICANE DEAN

EM-3277-TX · Aug 17, 2007 to Sep 5, 2007
$16KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
HurricaneSep 2005Harris County

HURRICANE RITA

DR-1606-TX · Sep 23, 2005 to Oct 14, 2005
$22.3MPA obligated
89,088Registrations
$29.4MHousehold aid
IA, PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneSep 2005Harris County

HURRICANE RITA

EM-3261-TX · Sep 20, 2005 to Oct 14, 2005
$919KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
About this county

Disaster history context for Harris County

Harris County, Texas has 41 FEMA disaster declarations on record, spanning from 1973 to 2024. The dominant hazard type is flood, followed by flood. That is above the Texas average of 21 declarations per county. Total tracked FEMA obligations for this county exceed $5.2B, 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.