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Skagit County, Washington

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

Total declarations
28
1971 to 2025
Tracked FEMA aid
$49.6M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Severe Storm
1,157 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.

Utilities$21.7M
Emergency Protective Measures$11.6M
Roads and Bridges$6.8M
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$3.3M
Water Control Facilities$1.6M
Debris Removal$776K
Management Costs$201K
Buildings and Equipment$126K
Total PA obligated$46.1M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations1,157
IHP / household aid$3.5M
Housing assistance$2.0M
Other needs assistance$1.4M
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 2020Skagit County

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

DR-4481-WA · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$7.7MPA obligated
98Registrations
$399KHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Skagit County

COVID-19

EM-3427-WA · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
FireAug 2015Skagit County

GOODELL FIRE

FM-5109-WA · Aug 19, 2015 to Aug 28, 2015
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
EarthquakeMar 2001Skagit County

EARTHQUAKE

DR-1361-WA · Feb 28, 2001 to Mar 16, 2001
$133KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
IA, PAPrograms
About this county

Disaster history context for Skagit County

Skagit County, Washington has 28 FEMA disaster declarations on record, spanning from 1971 to 2025. The dominant hazard type is severe storm, followed by flood. That is close to the Washington average of 24 declarations per county. Total tracked FEMA obligations for this county exceed $49.6M, 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.