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Waukesha County, Wisconsin

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

Total declarations
18
1969 to 2025
Tracked FEMA aid
$36.3M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Flood
6,139 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$6.1M
Roads and Bridges$963K
Debris Removal$270K
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$215K
Utilities$159K
Water Control Facilities$101K
Buildings and Equipment$17K
Management Costs$2K
Total PA obligated$7.8M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations6,139
IHP / household aid$28.4M
Housing assistance$16.9M
Other needs assistance$11.5M
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 2020Waukesha County

COVID-19

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

SNOW

EM-3163-WI · Dec 11, 2000 to Dec 31, 2000
$566KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
DroughtJun 1976Waukesha County

DROUGHT

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

Disaster history context for Waukesha County

Waukesha County, Wisconsin has 18 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 $36.3M, 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.