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Desha County, Arkansas

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

Total declarations
21
1973 to 2026
Tracked FEMA aid
$3.3M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Flood
311 registrations tracked
Most recent event
DR-3636
Jan 24, 2026
Cross-link

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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$774K
Debris Removal$281K
Emergency Protective Measures$75K
Management Costs$69K
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$17K
Buildings and Equipment$15K
Emergency Work Donated Resources$15K
Utilities$4K
Total PA obligated$1.2M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations311
IHP / household aid$2.0M
Housing assistance$1.4M
Other needs assistance$641K
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.

HurricaneAug 2020Desha County

HURRICANE LAURA

EM-3541-AR · Aug 26, 2020 to Aug 28, 2020
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
BiologicalApr 2020Desha County

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

DR-4518-AR · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$0PA obligated
15Registrations
$72KHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Desha County

COVID-19

EM-3461-AR · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms