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Howard County, Arkansas

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

Total declarations
22
1968 to 2026
Tracked FEMA aid
$10.5M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Severe Storm
101 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.

Debris Removal$8.2M
Roads and Bridges$872K
Emergency Protective Measures$577K
Utilities$388K
Buildings and Equipment$71K
Emergency Work Donated Resources$61K
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$10K
Total PA obligated$10.2M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations101
IHP / household aid$256K
Housing assistance$61K
Other needs assistance$195K
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 2020Howard County

HURRICANE LAURA

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

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

DR-4518-AR · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$304KPA obligated
28Registrations
$152KHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Howard County

COVID-19

EM-3461-AR · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
TornadoeApr 1979Howard County

TORNADO

DR-574-AR · Apr 11, 1979
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
IAPrograms