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Trinity County, Texas

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

Total declarations
28
1989 to 2024
Tracked FEMA aid
$11.3M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Hurricane
7,083 registrations tracked
Most recent event
DR-4798
Jul 9, 2024
Cross-link

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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.

Roads and Bridges$2.4M
Emergency Protective Measures$552K
Debris Removal$329K
Utilities$296K
Management Costs$81K
Emergency Work Donated Resources$40K
Buildings and Equipment$29K
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$10K
Total PA obligated$3.7M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations7,083
IHP / household aid$7.6M
Housing assistance$4.8M
Other needs assistance$2.8M
NFIP claims paid$2.5M
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 2024Trinity County

HURRICANE BERYL

DR-4798-TX · Jul 5, 2024 to Jul 9, 2024
$152KPA obligated
1,465Registrations
$1.2MHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Trinity County

COVID-19

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

WILDFIRES

DR-1999-TX · Apr 6, 2011 to Aug 29, 2011
$137KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneSep 2008Trinity County

HURRICANE IKE

DR-1791-TX · Sep 7, 2008 to Oct 2, 2008
$553KPA obligated
1,733Registrations
$498KHousehold aid
IA, PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneSep 2008Trinity County

HURRICANE IKE

EM-3294-TX · Sep 7, 2008 to Sep 26, 2008
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
HurricaneSep 2005Trinity County

HURRICANE RITA

DR-1606-TX · Sep 23, 2005 to Oct 14, 2005
$156KPA obligated
2,426Registrations
$1.5MHousehold aid
IA, PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneSep 2005Trinity 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 Trinity County

Trinity County, Texas has 28 FEMA disaster declarations on record, spanning from 1989 to 2024. The dominant hazard type is hurricane, followed by severe storm. That is above the Texas average of 21 declarations per county. Total tracked FEMA obligations for this county exceed $11.3M, 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 140 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.