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Jefferson County, Alabama

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

Total declarations
39
1970 to 2024
Tracked FEMA aid
$109.2M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Severe Storm
32,217 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.

Debris Removal$43.5M
Emergency Protective Measures$12.0M
Utilities$3.0M
Buildings and Equipment$1.9M
Roads and Bridges$1.5M
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$536K
Emergency Work Donated Resources$130K
Water Control Facilities$34K
Total PA obligated$62.5M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations32,217
IHP / household aid$46.6M
Housing assistance$22.9M
Other needs assistance$23.8M
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 2020Jefferson County

COVID-19

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

HURRICANE IVAN

DR-1549-AL · Sep 13, 2004 to Sep 30, 2004
$6.6MPA obligated
8,175Registrations
$9.3MHousehold aid
IA, PA, HMPrograms
DroughtJul 1977Jefferson County

DROUGHT

EM-3045-AL · Jul 20, 1977
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
About this county

Disaster history context for Jefferson County

Jefferson County, Alabama has 39 FEMA disaster declarations on record, spanning from 1970 to 2024. The dominant hazard type is severe storm, followed by hurricane. That is above the Alabama average of 26 declarations per county. Total tracked FEMA obligations for this county exceed $109.2M, 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.