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Forest County, Wisconsin

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

Total declarations
7
1976 to 2020
Tracked FEMA aid
$779K
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Biological
9 registrations tracked
Most recent event
DR-4520
Apr 4, 2020
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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$570K
Debris Removal$64K
Roads and Bridges$60K
Buildings and Equipment$29K
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$4K
Management Costs$4K
Total PA obligated$731K

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations9
IHP / household aid$48K
Housing assistance$0
Other needs assistance$48K
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.

BiologicalApr 2020Forest County

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

DR-4520-WI · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$568KPA obligated
9Registrations
$48KHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Forest County

COVID-19

EM-3454-WI · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
DroughtJun 1976Forest County

DROUGHT

EM-3014-WI · Jun 17, 1976
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
About this county

Disaster history context for Forest County

Forest County, Wisconsin has 7 FEMA disaster declarations on record, spanning from 1976 to 2020. The dominant hazard type is biological, followed by severe storm. That is below the Wisconsin average of 12 declarations per county. Total tracked FEMA obligations for this county exceed $779K, 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.