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King County, Washington

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

Total declarations
34
1964 to 2025
Tracked FEMA aid
$978.9M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Flood
3,433 registrations tracked
Most recent event
DR-3629
Dec 12, 2025
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.

Emergency Protective Measures$877.0M
Buildings and Equipment$27.2M
Roads and Bridges$19.3M
Utilities$15.5M
Debris Removal$12.8M
Water Control Facilities$7.9M
Management Costs$6.1M
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$3.8M
Total PA obligated$969.8M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations3,433
IHP / household aid$9.1M
Housing assistance$3.7M
Other needs assistance$5.3M
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.

FireSep 2022King County

BOLT CREEK FIRE

FM-5455-WA · Sep 10, 2022 to Oct 24, 2022
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020King County

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

DR-4481-WA · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$865.9MPA obligated
1,092Registrations
$4.8MHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020King County

COVID-19

EM-3427-WA · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
EarthquakeMar 2001King County

EARTHQUAKE

DR-1361-WA · Feb 28, 2001 to Mar 16, 2001
$32.9MPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
IA, PA, HMPrograms
EarthquakeMay 1965King County

EARTHQUAKE

DR-196-WA · May 11, 1965
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
IA, PAPrograms