What it returns
Query official OpenFEMA datasets with simple filters and get clean JSON. - **Disaster declarations**: every federal declaration by designated county since 1953: type (major disaster, emergency, fire), incident type, dates, programs declared. - **NFIP flood insurance claims**: 2.7M+ redacted claims with date of loss, ZIP, city, flood zone, coverage, damage and payments, building details. - **Public assistance projects**: funded projects by applicant, county, damage category, amounts obligated. - **Housing assistance (owners)**: registrations, inspected damage and approved aid aggregated by ZIP. Useful for insurance and real estate risk, climate research, government sales and journalism.
Request
POST https://api.pushbuild.com/fema-disaster-data/run with a JSON body. Send your key in the X-API-Key header.
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
dataset | string: declarations, floodClaims, publicAssistance, housingAssistance | Which OpenFEMA dataset to query. Default: "declarations". |
states | list of strings | Two-letter state codes, e.g. FL, TX. |
zipCodes | list of strings | Flood claims and housing assistance only. |
county | string | County name text, e.g. Miami-Dade (declarations and public assistance). |
disasterNumbers | list of strings | FEMA disaster numbers, e.g. 4834. |
incidentTypes | list of strings | e.g. Hurricane, Flood, Fire, Severe Storm, Tornado (declarations and public assistance). |
declarationTypes | list of strings | DR (major disaster), EM (emergency), FM (fire management). |
dateFrom | string | YYYY-MM-DD: declaration date, or date of loss for flood claims. |
dateTo | string | YYYY-MM-DD. |
minAmount | integer | Flood claims: building payment. Public assistance: project amount. Housing: total approved. |
maxItems | integer | Maximum items to return (1-500). Default: 100. |
Example
curl -X POST https://api.pushbuild.com/fema-disaster-data/run \
-H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"states": ["FL"], "maxItems": 20}'Response
{"count": 20, "truncated": false, "seconds": 1.4, "items": [ { ... } ]}Each call returns up to 500 items. Records that fail validation or are not found are flagged in the items and not charged.
Pricing
Pay only for results returned: $0.24 per 1,000 records. No charge for errors or empty searches.
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