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Spokane County, Washington

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

Total declarations
28
1964 to 2024
Tracked FEMA aid
$44.7M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Fire
1,104 registrations tracked
Most recent event
DR-4759
Feb 15, 2024
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$18.7M
Utilities$10.2M
Roads and Bridges$4.0M
Debris Removal$3.7M
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$1.6M
Buildings and Equipment$980K
Management Costs$87K
Emergency Work Donated Resources$40K
Total PA obligated$39.3M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations1,104
IHP / household aid$5.4M
Housing assistance$3.0M
Other needs assistance$2.4M
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.

FireFeb 2024Spokane County

WILDFIRES

DR-4759-WA · Aug 18, 2023 to Aug 25, 2023
$2.8MPA obligated
580Registrations
$3.6MHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
FireAug 2023Spokane County

GRAY FIRE

FM-5479-WA · Aug 18, 2023
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
FireJul 2021Spokane County

ANDRUS FIRE

FM-5395-WA · Jul 5, 2021 to Jul 11, 2021
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
FireSep 2020Spokane County

BABB FIRE

FM-5355-WA · Sep 7, 2020 to Sep 15, 2020
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Spokane County

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

DR-4481-WA · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$16.1MPA obligated
524Registrations
$1.8MHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Spokane County

COVID-19

EM-3427-WA · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
FireAug 2016Spokane County

YALE FIRE

FM-5149-WA · Aug 21, 2016 to Aug 29, 2016
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
FireAug 2015Spokane County

WILDFIRES

EM-3372-WA · Aug 13, 2015 to Sep 10, 2015
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
FireNov 1991Spokane County

FIRES

DR-922-WA · Oct 16, 1991 to Oct 24, 1991
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
IA, PAPrograms
DroughtMar 1977Spokane County

DROUGHT

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

Disaster history context for Spokane County

Spokane County, Washington has 28 FEMA disaster declarations on record, spanning from 1964 to 2024. The dominant hazard type is fire, followed by flood. That is close to the Washington average of 24 declarations per county. Total tracked FEMA obligations for this county exceed $44.7M, 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.