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Vilas County, Wisconsin

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

Total declarations
6
1976 to 2020
Tracked FEMA aid
$384K
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Biological
31 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.

Debris Removal$167K
Emergency Protective Measures$47K
Utilities$6K
Roads and Bridges$3K
Total PA obligated$223K

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations31
IHP / household aid$161K
Housing assistance$0
Other needs assistance$161K
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 2020Vilas County

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

DR-4520-WI · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$39KPA obligated
31Registrations
$161KHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Vilas County

COVID-19

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

DROUGHT

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

Disaster history context for Vilas County

Vilas County, Wisconsin has 6 FEMA disaster declarations on record, spanning from 1976 to 2020. The dominant hazard type is biological, followed by biological. That is below the Wisconsin average of 12 declarations per county. Total tracked FEMA obligations for this county exceed $384K, 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.