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Jefferson County, Texas

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

Total declarations
31
1973 to 2024
Tracked FEMA aid
$929.1M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Hurricane
318,834 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.

Emergency Protective Measures$113.3M
Buildings and Equipment$92.1M
Debris Removal$85.9M
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$64.4M
Utilities$13.2M
Direct Administrative Costs$8.6M
Water Control Facilities$8.1M
Roads and Bridges$7.9M
Total PA obligated$393.9M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations318,834
IHP / household aid$535.3M
Housing assistance$417.8M
Other needs assistance$117.4M
NFIP claims paid$1.2B
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 2020Jefferson County

COVID-19

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

HURRICANE HARVEY

DR-4332-TX · Aug 23, 2017 to Sep 15, 2017
$156.9MPA obligated
67,256Registrations
$180.3MHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
FireSep 2011Jefferson County

WILDFIRES

DR-4029-TX · Aug 30, 2011 to Dec 31, 2011
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneSep 2008Jefferson County

HURRICANE IKE

DR-1791-TX · Sep 7, 2008 to Oct 2, 2008
$102.7MPA obligated
78,419Registrations
$29.6MHousehold aid
IA, PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneSep 2005Jefferson County

HURRICANE RITA

DR-1606-TX · Sep 23, 2005 to Oct 14, 2005
$121.7MPA obligated
134,847Registrations
$269.6MHousehold aid
IA, PA, HMPrograms