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Polk County, Texas

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

Total declarations
30
1973 to 2024
Tracked FEMA aid
$182.0M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Hurricane
29,977 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$57.5M
Water Control Facilities$37.9M
Emergency Protective Measures$24.2M
Debris Removal$19.2M
Management Costs$2.3M
Roads and Bridges$2.2M
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$674K
Buildings and Equipment$256K
Total PA obligated$144.3M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations29,977
IHP / household aid$37.7M
Housing assistance$24.5M
Other needs assistance$13.2M
NFIP claims paid$10.0M
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 2024Polk County

HURRICANE BERYL

DR-4798-TX · Jul 5, 2024 to Jul 9, 2024
$671KPA obligated
6,816Registrations
$8.8MHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Polk County

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

DR-4485-TX · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$179KPA obligated
65Registrations
$331KHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Polk County

COVID-19

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

HURRICANE HARVEY

DR-4332-TX · Aug 23, 2017 to Sep 15, 2017
$3.4MPA obligated
2,246Registrations
$3.2MHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
FireSep 2011Polk County

WILDFIRES

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

HURRICANE IKE

DR-1791-TX · Sep 7, 2008 to Oct 2, 2008
$53.6MPA obligated
5,708Registrations
$4.3MHousehold aid
IA, PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneSep 2008Polk County

HURRICANE IKE

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

HURRICANE GUSTAV

EM-3290-TX · Aug 27, 2008 to Sep 7, 2008
$44KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
HurricaneSep 2005Polk County

HURRICANE RITA

DR-1606-TX · Sep 23, 2005 to Oct 14, 2005
$43.8MPA obligated
11,463Registrations
$10.2MHousehold aid
IA, PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneSep 2005Polk County

HURRICANE RITA

EM-3261-TX · Sep 20, 2005 to Oct 14, 2005
$67KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
About this county

Disaster history context for Polk County

Polk County, Texas has 30 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 $182.0M, 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 346 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.