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Ouachita County, Arkansas

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

Total declarations
28
1979 to 2026
Tracked FEMA aid
$11.4M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Severe Storm
179 registrations tracked
Most recent event
DR-3636
Jan 24, 2026
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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$4.0M
Utilities$2.6M
Emergency Protective Measures$1.7M
Roads and Bridges$1.6M
Buildings and Equipment$156K
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$97K
Management Costs$75K
Emergency Work Donated Resources$3K
Total PA obligated$10.2M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations179
IHP / household aid$1.2M
Housing assistance$711K
Other needs assistance$489K
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 2020Ouachita County

COVID-19

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

TORNADO

DR-574-AR · Apr 11, 1979
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
IA, PAPrograms
About this county

Disaster history context for Ouachita County

Ouachita County, Arkansas has 28 FEMA disaster declarations on record, spanning from 1979 to 2026. The dominant hazard type is severe storm, followed by snowstorm. That is close to the Arkansas average of 24 declarations per county. Total tracked FEMA obligations for this county exceed $11.4M, 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.