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Wharton County, Texas

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

Total declarations
26
1990 to 2024
Tracked FEMA aid
$41.3M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Hurricane
13,637 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$4.3M
Roads and Bridges$3.7M
Buildings and Equipment$2.8M
Emergency Protective Measures$2.1M
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$1.3M
Utilities$963K
Direct Administrative Costs$128K
Management Costs$92K
Total PA obligated$15.5M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations13,637
IHP / household aid$25.8M
Housing assistance$15.8M
Other needs assistance$10.0M
NFIP claims paid$51.9M
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 2024Wharton County

HURRICANE BERYL

DR-4798-TX · Jul 5, 2024 to Jul 9, 2024
$4.4MPA obligated
6,679Registrations
$8.7MHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Wharton County

COVID-19

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

HURRICANE HARVEY

DR-4332-TX · Aug 23, 2017 to Sep 15, 2017
$6.6MPA obligated
5,542Registrations
$15.4MHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneSep 2008Wharton County

HURRICANE IKE

DR-1791-TX · Sep 7, 2008 to Oct 2, 2008
$259KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneSep 2008Wharton County

HURRICANE IKE

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

HURRICANE RITA

DR-1606-TX · Sep 23, 2005 to Oct 14, 2005
$102KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneSep 2005Wharton County

HURRICANE RITA

EM-3261-TX · Sep 20, 2005 to Oct 14, 2005
$64KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms