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Morris County, Texas

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

Total declarations
18
1966 to 2024
Tracked FEMA aid
$401K
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Hurricane
12 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.

Debris Removal$129K
Buildings and Equipment$77K
Roads and Bridges$58K
Emergency Protective Measures$49K
Utilities$23K
Emergency Work Donated Resources$7K
Management Costs$249
Total PA obligated$343K

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations12
IHP / household aid$58K
Housing assistance$0
Other needs assistance$58K
NFIP claims paid$27K
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 2020Morris County

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

DR-4485-TX · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$0PA obligated
12Registrations
$58KHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Morris County

COVID-19

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

WILDFIRES

DR-4029-TX · Aug 30, 2011 to Dec 31, 2011
$6KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
FireJul 2011Morris County

WILDFIRES

DR-1999-TX · Apr 6, 2011 to Aug 29, 2011
$15KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneSep 2008Morris County

HURRICANE IKE

DR-1791-TX · Sep 7, 2008 to Oct 2, 2008
$21KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneSep 2005Morris County

HURRICANE RITA

DR-1606-TX · Sep 23, 2005 to Oct 14, 2005
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneSep 2005Morris County

HURRICANE RITA

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

Disaster history context for Morris County

Morris County, Texas has 18 FEMA disaster declarations on record, spanning from 1966 to 2024. The dominant hazard type is hurricane, followed by fire. That is close to the Texas average of 21 declarations per county. Total tracked FEMA obligations for this county exceed $401K, 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 5 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.