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Cherokee County, Alabama

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

Total declarations
25
1974 to 2024
Tracked FEMA aid
$5.1M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Severe Storm
946 registrations tracked
Most recent event
DR-3618
Sep 26, 2024
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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.

Utilities$2.1M
Debris Removal$1.2M
Emergency Protective Measures$543K
Roads and Bridges$110K
Buildings and Equipment$29K
Emergency Work Donated Resources$22K
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$20K
Management Costs$4K
Total PA obligated$4.0M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations946
IHP / household aid$1.1M
Housing assistance$618K
Other needs assistance$434K
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.

HurricaneDec 2020Cherokee County

HURRICANE ZETA

DR-4573-AL · Oct 28, 2020 to Oct 29, 2020
$204KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Cherokee County

COVID-19

EM-3472-AL · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
HurricaneSep 2004Cherokee County

HURRICANE IVAN

DR-1549-AL · Sep 13, 2004 to Sep 30, 2004
$112KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
DroughtJul 1977Cherokee County

DROUGHT

EM-3045-AL · Jul 20, 1977
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
TornadoeApr 1974Cherokee County

TORNADOES

DR-422-AL · Apr 4, 1974
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
IA, PAPrograms
About this county

Disaster history context for Cherokee County

Cherokee County, Alabama has 25 FEMA disaster declarations on record, spanning from 1974 to 2024. The dominant hazard type is severe storm, followed by hurricane. That is close to the Alabama average of 26 declarations per county. Total tracked FEMA obligations for this county exceed $5.1M, 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.