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Colbert County, Alabama

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

Total declarations
24
1973 to 2024
Tracked FEMA aid
$6.0M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Severe Storm
655 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$1.8M
Debris Removal$1.2M
Emergency Protective Measures$591K
Roads and Bridges$424K
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$247K
Management Costs$44K
Water Control Facilities$29K
Emergency Work Donated Resources$14K
Total PA obligated$4.4M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations655
IHP / household aid$1.7M
Housing assistance$236K
Other needs assistance$1.4M
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 2020Colbert County

COVID-19

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

HURRICANE IVAN

DR-1549-AL · Sep 13, 2004 to Sep 30, 2004
$232KPA obligated
27Registrations
$20KHousehold aid
IA, PA, HMPrograms
DroughtJul 1977Colbert County

DROUGHT

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

TORNADOES

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

Disaster history context for Colbert County

Colbert County, Alabama has 24 FEMA disaster declarations on record, spanning from 1973 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 $6.0M, 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.