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Russell County, Alabama

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

Total declarations
24
1975 to 2024
Tracked FEMA aid
$2.1M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Severe Storm
373 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.

Roads and Bridges$900K
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$327K
Utilities$129K
Emergency Protective Measures$68K
Buildings and Equipment$24K
Debris Removal$21K
Emergency Work Donated Resources$7K
Management Costs$401
Total PA obligated$1.5M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations373
IHP / household aid$629K
Housing assistance$251K
Other needs assistance$378K
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 2020Russell County

COVID-19

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

HURRICANE IRMA

EM-3389-AL · Sep 8, 2017 to Sep 14, 2017
$45KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
HurricaneSep 2004Russell County

HURRICANE IVAN

DR-1549-AL · Sep 13, 2004 to Sep 30, 2004
$0PA obligated
301Registrations
$282KHousehold aid
IA, HMPrograms
HurricaneOct 1995Russell County

HURRICANE OPAL

DR-1070-AL · Oct 4, 1995 to Oct 8, 1995
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
IA, PAPrograms
DroughtJul 1977Russell County

DROUGHT

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

Disaster history context for Russell County

Russell County, Alabama has 24 FEMA disaster declarations on record, spanning from 1975 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 $2.1M, 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.