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Clay County, Georgia

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

Total declarations
14
1994 to 2024
Tracked FEMA aid
$531K
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Hurricane
323 registrations tracked
Most recent event
DR-3616
Sep 26, 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.

Roads and Bridges$165K
Debris Removal$111K
Emergency Protective Measures$41K
Management Costs$9K
Direct Administrative Costs$797
Total PA obligated$327K

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations323
IHP / household aid$204K
Housing assistance$177K
Other needs assistance$27K
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.

StormSep 2024Clay County

HURRICANE HELENE

EM-3616-GA · Sep 24, 2024 to Oct 30, 2024
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Clay County

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

DR-4501-GA · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$0PA obligated
6Registrations
$9KHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Clay County

COVID-19

EM-3464-GA · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
HurricaneOct 2018Clay County

HURRICANE MICHAEL

DR-4400-GA · Oct 9, 2018 to Oct 23, 2018
$142KPA obligated
317Registrations
$195KHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneSep 2017Clay County

HURRICANE IRMA

DR-4338-GA · Sep 7, 2017 to Sep 20, 2017
$19KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneSep 2017Clay County

HURRICANE IRMA

EM-3387-GA · Sep 7, 2017 to Sep 20, 2017
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
HurricaneSep 2004Clay County

HURRICANE IVAN

DR-1554-GA · Sep 14, 2004 to Oct 30, 2004
$33KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneOct 1995Clay County

HURRICANE OPAL

DR-1071-GA · Oct 4, 1995 to Oct 5, 1995
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
IA, PAPrograms
About this county

Disaster history context for Clay County

Clay County, Georgia has 14 FEMA disaster declarations on record, spanning from 1994 to 2024. The dominant hazard type is hurricane, followed by severe storm. That is close to the Georgia average of 17 declarations per county. Total tracked FEMA obligations for this county exceed $531K, 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.