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Chelan County, Washington

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

Total declarations
51
1972 to 2025
Tracked FEMA aid
$7.2M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Fire
162 registrations tracked
Most recent event
DR-3629
Dec 12, 2025
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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$2.9M
Emergency Protective Measures$1.9M
Roads and Bridges$1.2M
Buildings and Equipment$208K
Debris Removal$171K
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$99K
Management Costs$12K
Emergency Work Donated Resources$5K
Total PA obligated$6.5M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations162
IHP / household aid$678K
Housing assistance$19K
Other needs assistance$658K
NFIP claims paid$0
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.

FireJul 2021Chelan County

RED APPLE FIRE

FM-5398-WA · Jul 13, 2021 to Jul 20, 2021
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Chelan County

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

DR-4481-WA · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$1.2MPA obligated
153Registrations
$657KHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Chelan County

COVID-19

EM-3427-WA · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
FireMay 2017Chelan County

SPROMBERG FIRE

FM-5182-WA · May 23, 2017 to May 27, 2017
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
FireAug 2016Chelan County

SUNCREST FIRE

FM-5152-WA · Aug 27, 2016 to Aug 30, 2016
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
FireAug 2015Chelan County

WILDFIRES

EM-3372-WA · Aug 13, 2015 to Sep 10, 2015
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
FireAug 2014Chelan County

HANSEL FIRE

FM-5072-WA · Aug 5, 2014 to Aug 14, 2014
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
FireJul 2014Chelan County

WILDFIRES

EM-3371-WA · Jul 9, 2014 to Aug 5, 2014
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
FireAug 2013Chelan County

EAGLE FIRE

FM-5048-WA · Aug 20, 2013 to Aug 28, 2013
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
FireSep 2012Chelan County

PEAVINE FIRE

FM-5018-WA · Sep 12, 2012 to Oct 9, 2012
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
FireSep 2012Chelan County

POISON FIRE

FM-5017-WA · Sep 12, 2012 to Sep 30, 2012
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
EarthquakeMar 2001Chelan County

EARTHQUAKE

DR-1361-WA · Feb 28, 2001 to Mar 16, 2001
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
IAPrograms
DroughtMar 1977Chelan County

DROUGHT

EM-3037-WA · Mar 31, 1977
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
About this county

Disaster history context for Chelan County

Chelan County, Washington has 51 FEMA disaster declarations on record, spanning from 1972 to 2025. The dominant hazard type is fire, followed by severe storm. That is above the Washington average of 24 declarations per county. Total tracked FEMA obligations for this county exceed $7.2M, 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.