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Lauderdale County, Alabama

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

Total declarations
20
1973 to 2024
Tracked FEMA aid
$9.8M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Hurricane
905 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$4.7M
Debris Removal$1.7M
Emergency Protective Measures$399K
Roads and Bridges$267K
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$168K
Buildings and Equipment$163K
Management Costs$44K
Water Control Facilities$13K
Total PA obligated$7.5M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations905
IHP / household aid$2.3M
Housing assistance$269K
Other needs assistance$2.0M
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 2020Lauderdale County

COVID-19

EM-3472-AL · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
About this county

Disaster history context for Lauderdale County

Lauderdale County, Alabama has 20 FEMA disaster declarations on record, spanning from 1973 to 2024. The dominant hazard type is hurricane, followed by hurricane. That is below the Alabama average of 26 declarations per county. Total tracked FEMA obligations for this county exceed $9.8M, 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.