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Pierce County, Washington

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

Total declarations
25
1964 to 2025
Tracked FEMA aid
$485.7M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Flood
1,694 registrations tracked
Most recent event
DR-3629
Dec 12, 2025
Cross-link

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The same county on FloodZoneMap.org covers flood-zone context, map interpretation, and related flood insurance questions that sit adjacent to this disaster-history page.

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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$430.7M
Management Costs$10.5M
Utilities$8.0M
Direct Administrative Costs$7.2M
Section 324 Management Costs$6.3M
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$5.8M
Debris Removal$5.6M
Buildings and Equipment$2.2M
Total PA obligated$480.2M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations1,694
IHP / household aid$5.5M
Housing assistance$2.6M
Other needs assistance$2.9M
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.

BiologicalMar 2020Pierce County

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

DR-4481-WA · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$436.4MPA obligated
628Registrations
$2.6MHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Pierce County

COVID-19

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

EARTHQUAKE

DR-1361-WA · Feb 28, 2001 to Mar 16, 2001
$7.7MPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
IA, PAPrograms
EarthquakeMay 1965Pierce County

EARTHQUAKE

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

Disaster history context for Pierce County

Pierce County, Washington has 25 FEMA disaster declarations on record, spanning from 1964 to 2025. The dominant hazard type is flood, followed by severe storm. That is close to the Washington average of 24 declarations per county. Total tracked FEMA obligations for this county exceed $485.7M, 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.