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Hemphill County, Texas

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

Total declarations
14
1998 to 2024
Tracked FEMA aid
$387K
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Fire
1 registrations tracked
Most recent event
DR-5488
Feb 27, 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.

Emergency Protective Measures$231K
Roads and Bridges$137K
Emergency Work Donated Resources$17K
Total PA obligated$385K

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations1
IHP / household aid$1K
Housing assistance$0
Other needs assistance$1K
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.

BiologicalMar 2020Hemphill County

COVID-19

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

WILDFIRES

DR-1999-TX · Apr 6, 2011 to Aug 29, 2011
$37KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
FireMar 2008Hemphill County

WILDFIRES

EM-3284-TX · Mar 14, 2008 to Sep 1, 2008
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
About this county

Disaster history context for Hemphill County

Hemphill County, Texas has 14 FEMA disaster declarations on record, spanning from 1998 to 2024. 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 $387K, 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.