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Polk County, Arkansas

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

Total declarations
24
1968 to 2026
Tracked FEMA aid
$11.6M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Severe Storm
819 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.

Utilities$2.6M
Debris Removal$2.5M
Emergency Protective Measures$2.3M
Roads and Bridges$2.0M
Emergency Work Donated Resources$268K
Buildings and Equipment$246K
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$96K
Total PA obligated$10.1M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations819
IHP / household aid$1.5M
Housing assistance$1.1M
Other needs assistance$434K
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 2020Polk County

HURRICANE LAURA

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

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

DR-4518-AR · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$35KPA obligated
45Registrations
$204KHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Polk County

COVID-19

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

TORNADO

DR-574-AR · Apr 11, 1979
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
IA, PAPrograms
DroughtDec 1976Polk County

DROUGHT

EM-3019-AR · Dec 3, 1976
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms