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Mobile County, Alabama

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

Total declarations
40
1969 to 2024
Tracked FEMA aid
$412.3M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Hurricane
250,535 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$40.4M
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$30.9M
Emergency Protective Measures$14.3M
Buildings and Equipment$12.3M
Utilities$6.2M
Roads and Bridges$5.6M
Water Control Facilities$850K
Management Costs$485K
Total PA obligated$111.0M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations250,535
IHP / household aid$301.3M
Housing assistance$179.9M
Other needs assistance$121.4M
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.

HurricaneDec 2020Mobile County

HURRICANE ZETA

DR-4573-AL · Oct 28, 2020 to Oct 29, 2020
$14.6MPA obligated
12,955Registrations
$17.3MHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneSep 2020Mobile County

HURRICANE SALLY

DR-4563-AL · Sep 14, 2020 to Sep 16, 2020
$27.8MPA obligated
43,170Registrations
$67.3MHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneSep 2020Mobile County

HURRICANE SALLY

EM-3545-AL · Sep 14, 2020 to Sep 16, 2020
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Mobile County

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

DR-4503-AL · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$1.1MPA obligated
1,389Registrations
$7.4MHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Mobile County

COVID-19

EM-3472-AL · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
HurricaneNov 2017Mobile County

HURRICANE NATE

DR-4349-AL · Oct 6, 2017 to Oct 10, 2017
$3.9MPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneOct 2017Mobile County

HURRICANE NATE

EM-3394-AL · Oct 6, 2017 to Oct 10, 2017
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
HurricaneSep 2017Mobile County

HURRICANE IRMA

EM-3389-AL · Sep 8, 2017 to Sep 14, 2017
$40KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
HurricaneSep 2012Mobile County

HURRICANE ISAAC

DR-4082-AL · Aug 26, 2012 to Sep 5, 2012
$1.4MPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneSep 2008Mobile County

HURRICANE GUSTAV

DR-1789-AL · Aug 29, 2008 to Sep 3, 2008
$2.5MPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneAug 2005Mobile County

HURRICANE KATRINA

DR-1605-AL · Aug 29, 2005 to Sep 26, 2005
$41.7MPA obligated
91,271Registrations
$108.3MHousehold aid
IA, PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneJul 2005Mobile County

HURRICANE DENNIS

DR-1593-AL · Jul 10, 2005 to Jul 16, 2005
$1.7MPA obligated
8,141Registrations
$2.0MHousehold aid
IA, PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneSep 2004Mobile County

HURRICANE IVAN

DR-1549-AL · Sep 13, 2004 to Sep 30, 2004
$11.1MPA obligated
57,321Registrations
$60.1MHousehold aid
IA, PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneOct 1995Mobile County

HURRICANE OPAL

DR-1070-AL · Oct 4, 1995 to Oct 8, 1995
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
IA, PAPrograms
HurricaneSep 1985Mobile County

HURRICANE ELENA

DR-742-AL · Aug 29, 1985 to Sep 2, 1985
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
IA, PAPrograms
DroughtJul 1977Mobile County

DROUGHT

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

Disaster history context for Mobile County

Mobile County, Alabama has 40 FEMA disaster declarations on record, spanning from 1969 to 2024. The dominant hazard type is hurricane, followed by severe storm. That is above the Alabama average of 26 declarations per county. Total tracked FEMA obligations for this county exceed $412.3M, 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.