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Frontier County, Nebraska

Frontier County recorded 9 federal major disaster declarations since FY2000 (through FY2026), the federal government's fullest response to an event. Alongside those sit 2 emergency declarations and 1 fire management declarations, 12 in all. Its most common hazard is severe storm.

Highlighted: Frontier County, NE

Totals: FY2000 to FY2026 · Page last rebuilt Oct 26, 2026 · the current in-progress fiscal year is not included in totals

9
Major disasters
2
Emergency declarations
1
Fire management grants
12
All declarations on record
Apr 2022
Most recent
$965K
Federal PA obligated (top: roads and bridges)

The federal disaster record for Frontier County runs between 2005 and 2022, covering 12 declarations in all. Its most recent major disaster declaration was Covid-19 Pandemic in 2020. The hazards behind these declarations were most often severe storm, biological, and flood. Since 2000, FEMA has obligated $965,212 in Public Assistance funding to the jurisdiction, most of it for roads and bridges.

Risk and vulnerability context

Historical declarations show what has happened here. These national datasets add context about underlying natural-hazard risk and community vulnerability.

County FIPS 31063
CDC / ATSDR

Social Vulnerability Index

2022 county-level SVI
31.5
overall percentile nationally

Approximately 31.5% of U.S. counties have an equal or lower overall SVI ranking.

Socioeconomic status26.5
Household characteristics39.0
Racial and ethnic minority status19.3
Housing type and transportation54.1

Higher percentiles indicate greater relative social vulnerability within the CDC SVI framework. CDC SVI documentation

FEMA

National Risk Index

December 2025
13.7
overall risk score
Very Low
Expected annual loss$4.2MVery Low
NRI social vulnerability75.1Relatively High
Community resilience16.8Very Low

The NRI combines expected annual loss, social vulnerability, and community resilience to describe relative natural-hazard risk. FEMA NRI documentation

About these measures: CDC Social Vulnerability Index and FEMA National Risk Index Social Vulnerability are separate measures built with different methods. They are shown side by side for context and should not be interpreted as equivalent scores.

Federal Public Assistance obligated

$965K has been obligated to Frontier County in Public Assistance since FY2000.

$953K followed major disasters other than COVID-19. $12K, or 1% of the total, was COVID-19, which every county in the country received.

Obligated is the committed share, not necessarily spent, and can be revised as projects close out.

Federal Public Assistance by category

Federal share obligated to this jurisdiction under FEMA Public Assistance since 2000, grouped by damage category. Figures are rounded to the nearest dollar and reflect obligations, which may change as projects close out.

CategoryProjectsFederal share obligated
Roads and bridges(C)34$898,143
Emergency protective measures(B)7$27,319
Utilities(F)2$25,807
Debris removal(A)4$7,118
Buildings and equipment(E)4$3,751
Parks and recreation(G)1$3,075
Management costs(Z)1$0
All categories53$965,213

Recovery funding, how fast it came

For each disaster, the wait from the declaration to the first federal obligation (amber), then the federal share obligating after that (teal), on a shared 5-year scale. Typical wait to the first obligation here: about 119 days. An obligation is the federal share committed to the recipient state, not funds disbursed to the locality, which comes later and is not shown.

Covid-19 Pandemic 2020$12K
551 days to first federal obligation
Severe Winter Storm, Straight-Line Winds, And Flooding 2019$46K
264 days to first federal obligation
Severe Storms And Flooding 2010$4K
147 days to first federal obligation
Severe Storms, Tornadoes, And Flooding 2008$663K
92 days to first federal obligation
Severe Storms And Flooding 2007$189K
56 days to first federal obligation
Severe Winter Storms 2007$36K
24 days to first federal obligation
Declared1 yr2 yr3 yr4 yr5 yr

Assistance to households (Individual Assistance)

FEMA Individual Assistance to households in this jurisdiction, combined across the Housing Assistance owner and renter programs. Valid registrations are households that applied within a designated Individual Assistance area; approved counts and dollars are the households FEMA found eligible under the Individuals and Households Program. Figures are self-reported and drawn from NEMIS through OpenFEMA, not audited, and Individual Assistance exists only for disasters where it was designated, so many jurisdictions show none.

2
valid registrations
2
households approved
$15,217
total IHP approved
Assistance typeApproved amount
Other needs$15,217

Hazard mitigation, what has been funded here

Federal Hazard Mitigation Assistance obligated to this jurisdiction to reduce future disaster losses, across the FEMA mitigation programs. This is the record of past mitigation investment a local hazard mitigation plan documents. Figures are federal share obligated, reported through OpenFEMA and not audited, and are separate from the Public Assistance funding above.

$1,103,028
federal mitigation share
4
funded projects
ProgramProjectsFederal share obligated
Hazard Mitigation Grant Program(HMGP)4$1,103,028

Most common hazards

Every declaration on record

Major disaster (DR). The big one. Opens the full toolbox: repair money for public infrastructure, help for households, and mitigation funding to reduce the next loss.

Emergency (EM). Narrower and usually faster, for protective work before or during an incident. Capped, and rarely brings household assistance. Nearly every county has one from COVID-19.

Fire management (FM). Cost sharing to fight a wildfire as it burns. Not a disaster declaration, and it does not open recovery programs.

Showing 12 declarations

DateNumberTypeHazardTitle
Apr 23, 2022FM-5436-NEFMFireRoad 702 Fire
Apr 4, 2020DR-4521-NEDRBiologicalCovid-19 Pandemic
Mar 13, 2020EM-3483-NEEMBiologicalCovid-19
Mar 21, 2019DR-4420-NEDRFloodSevere Winter Storm, Straight-Line Winds, And Flooding
Jul 15, 2010DR-1924-NEDRSevere StormSevere Storms And Flooding
Feb 25, 2010DR-1878-NEDRSevere StormSevere Winter Storms And Snowstorm
Jun 20, 2008DR-1770-NEDRSevere StormSevere Storms, Tornadoes, And Flooding
Jul 24, 2007DR-1714-NEDRSevere StormSevere Storms And Flooding
Jan 7, 2007DR-1674-NEDRSevere StormSevere Winter Storms
Jan 26, 2006DR-1627-NEDRSevere StormSevere Winter Storm
Sep 13, 2005EM-3245-NEEMHurricaneHurricane Katrina Evacuees
Jun 23, 2005DR-1590-NEDRSevere StormSevere Storms And Flooding
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How these numbers are built

Drawn from FEMA's OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries, rebuilt each week. A declaration is counted here once for each designated area it names, so a single disaster covering many localities is counted in each one. For that reason these jurisdiction counts do not sum to Nebraska's statewide total. This page counts declarations that named this jurisdiction as a designated area. Totals cover complete fiscal years (Oct 1 to Sep 30). Declarations from the fiscal year still in progress are listed in the tables on this page but are not counted in the totals until the year is complete. Uses OpenFEMA data but is not endorsed by or affiliated with FEMA.

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