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Ben Hill County, Georgia

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

Total declarations
15
1977 to 2024
Tracked FEMA aid
$6.3M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Hurricane
3,353 registrations tracked
Most recent event
DR-4830
Sep 30, 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.

Utilities$1.4M
Debris Removal$942K
Emergency Protective Measures$515K
Roads and Bridges$486K
Management Costs$121K
Buildings and Equipment$25K
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$8K
Direct Administrative Costs$7K
Total PA obligated$3.5M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations3,353
IHP / household aid$2.8M
Housing assistance$1.0M
Other needs assistance$1.8M
NFIP claims paid$179K
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.

HurricaneSep 2024Ben Hill County

HURRICANE HELENE

DR-4830-GA · Sep 24, 2024 to Oct 30, 2024
$2.0MPA obligated
3,087Registrations
$2.2MHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Ben Hill County

COVID-19

EM-3464-GA · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
HurricaneSep 2017Ben Hill County

HURRICANE IRMA

DR-4338-GA · Sep 7, 2017 to Sep 20, 2017
$312KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
DroughtJul 1977Ben Hill County

DROUGHT

EM-3044-GA · Jul 20, 1977
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms