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Whatcom County, Washington

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

Total declarations
26
1971 to 2025
Tracked FEMA aid
$68.0M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Flood
2,074 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.

Roads and Bridges$23.6M
Water Control Facilities$17.7M
Emergency Protective Measures$6.7M
Debris Removal$3.4M
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$3.4M
Buildings and Equipment$3.0M
Utilities$2.2M
Emergency Work Donated Resources$246K
Total PA obligated$60.4M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations2,074
IHP / household aid$7.6M
Housing assistance$6.3M
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 2020Whatcom County

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

DR-4481-WA · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$3.3MPA obligated
136Registrations
$627KHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Whatcom County

COVID-19

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

GOODELL FIRE

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

EARTHQUAKE

DR-1361-WA · Feb 28, 2001 to Mar 16, 2001
$175KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
IA, PA, HMPrograms