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Jasper County, Texas

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

Total declarations
32
1973 to 2024
Tracked FEMA aid
$116.4M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Hurricane
31,774 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.

Utilities$44.1M
Emergency Protective Measures$9.2M
Debris Removal$8.2M
Roads and Bridges$2.5M
Buildings and Equipment$1.1M
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$510K
Management Costs$28K
Emergency Work Donated Resources$8K
Total PA obligated$65.6M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations31,774
IHP / household aid$50.8M
Housing assistance$38.6M
Other needs assistance$12.2M
NFIP claims paid$7.5M
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 2024Jasper County

HURRICANE BERYL

DR-4798-TX · Jul 5, 2024 to Jul 9, 2024
$907KPA obligated
2,173Registrations
$4.8MHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneDec 2020Jasper County

HURRICANE LAURA

DR-4572-TX · Aug 23, 2020 to Aug 27, 2020
$11.6MPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Jasper County

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

DR-4485-TX · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$13KPA obligated
48Registrations
$310KHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Jasper County

COVID-19

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

HURRICANE HARVEY

DR-4332-TX · Aug 23, 2017 to Sep 15, 2017
$2.6MPA obligated
4,287Registrations
$4.6MHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
FireJul 2011Jasper County

WILDFIRES

DR-1999-TX · Apr 6, 2011 to Aug 29, 2011
$30KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneSep 2008Jasper County

HURRICANE IKE

DR-1791-TX · Sep 7, 2008 to Oct 2, 2008
$9.1MPA obligated
5,387Registrations
$2.3MHousehold aid
IA, PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneSep 2008Jasper County

HURRICANE IKE

EM-3294-TX · Sep 7, 2008 to Sep 26, 2008
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
FireMar 2008Jasper County

WILDFIRES

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

HURRICANE RITA

DR-1606-TX · Sep 23, 2005 to Oct 14, 2005
$37.6MPA obligated
17,393Registrations
$33.1MHousehold aid
IA, PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneSep 2005Jasper County

HURRICANE RITA

EM-3261-TX · Sep 20, 2005 to Oct 14, 2005
$27KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
About this county

Disaster history context for Jasper County

Jasper County, Texas has 32 FEMA disaster declarations on record, spanning from 1973 to 2024. The dominant hazard type is hurricane, followed by flood. That is above the Texas average of 21 declarations per county. Total tracked FEMA obligations for this county exceed $116.4M, 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 228 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.