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Gila County wins $1.54 million FEMA buyout for Roosevelt properties; aims to stabilize Campaign Creek
Summary
Gila County announced a Hazard Mitigation Post-Fire buyout award of $1,541,258.25 for properties in Roosevelt, with a $539,606.75 local match to be covered from existing flood mitigation funds; DEMA will administer the grant and demolition must be complete by June 2025.
Supervisor Humphrey announced that Gila County has been awarded a Hazard Mitigation Post Fire Grant for properties in Roosevelt totaling $1,541,258.25, with a required local match of $539,606.75. He said the county will cover the match with part of the $3 million previously allocated for flood mitigation and that completing property buy-outs will allow work on Campaign Creek and the re-opening of Mesquite.
"Gila County received notification on July 2nd that we have been awarded the Hazard Mitigation Post Fire Grant in the amount of $1,541,258.25 with a local match of $539,606.75," Supervisor Humphrey said. Homero Vela, Gila County Public Works Director, said a kickoff meeting with DEMA — the grant administrator — will be scheduled and that the county has until June 2025 to complete demolition of purchased homes.
Why it matters: buy-outs remove repeatedly damaged or at-risk homes from flood-prone areas, creating space for creek stabilization work and reducing future hazard exposure for neighbors. Supervisor Humphrey and the public-works director said the county plans to use the cleared parcels to stabilize the south bank of Campaign Creek, which county officials linked directly to the ability to safely re-open Mesquite to residents.
What happens next: county staff will coordinate with DEMA on kickoff and implementation, pursue demolition of purchased structures, and apply a portion of the existing $3 million flood-mitigation allocation to meet the local match requirement. Officials gave a deadline of June 2025 to complete demolition and related tasks under the grant terms.
The announcement followed earlier public comments and a longer meeting in which officials outlined parallel infrastructure and emergency-preparedness efforts that the buy-out is intended to support.
