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Washington County, Alabama

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

Total declarations
27
1975 to 2024
Tracked FEMA aid
$17.8M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Hurricane
7,992 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$4.2M
Utilities$1.7M
Roads and Bridges$449K
Emergency Protective Measures$302K
Buildings and Equipment$237K
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$10K
Management Costs$4K
Emergency Work Donated Resources$615
Total PA obligated$6.9M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations7,992
IHP / household aid$10.9M
Housing assistance$7.9M
Other needs assistance$3.0M
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.

HurricaneDec 2020Washington County

HURRICANE ZETA

DR-4573-AL · Oct 28, 2020 to Oct 29, 2020
$2.9MPA obligated
1,258Registrations
$2.2MHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Washington County

COVID-19

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

HURRICANE IVAN

DR-1549-AL · Sep 13, 2004 to Sep 30, 2004
$2.0MPA obligated
2,447Registrations
$3.4MHousehold aid
IA, PA, HMPrograms
About this county

Disaster history context for Washington County

Washington County, Alabama has 27 FEMA disaster declarations on record, spanning from 1975 to 2024. The dominant hazard type is hurricane, followed by severe storm. That is close to the Alabama average of 26 declarations per county. Total tracked FEMA obligations for this county exceed $17.8M, 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.