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Milwaukee County, Wisconsin

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

Total declarations
21
1969 to 2025
Tracked FEMA aid
$359.4M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Flood
99,737 registrations tracked
Most recent event
DR-4892
Sep 11, 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$69.0M
Roads and Bridges$3.6M
Buildings and Equipment$3.2M
Debris Removal$2.7M
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$2.0M
Utilities$1.6M
Management Costs$1.6M
Water Control Facilities$1.2M
Total PA obligated$85.0M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations99,737
IHP / household aid$274.4M
Housing assistance$167.2M
Other needs assistance$107.2M
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 2020Milwaukee County

COVID-19

EM-3454-WI · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
WinterJan 2001Milwaukee County

SNOW

EM-3163-WI · Dec 11, 2000 to Dec 31, 2000
$1.5MPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
About this county

Disaster history context for Milwaukee County

Milwaukee County, Wisconsin has 21 FEMA disaster declarations on record, spanning from 1969 to 2025. The dominant hazard type is flood, followed by flood. That is above the Wisconsin average of 12 declarations per county. Total tracked FEMA obligations for this county exceed $359.4M, 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.