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Dawson County, Georgia

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

Total declarations
19
1974 to 2026
Tracked FEMA aid
$2.2M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Hurricane
43 registrations tracked
Most recent event
DR-3642
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$1.7M
Roads and Bridges$306K
Emergency Protective Measures$69K
Utilities$7K
Buildings and Equipment$7K
Management Costs$6K
Direct Administrative Costs$734
Total PA obligated$2.1M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations43
IHP / household aid$120K
Housing assistance$25K
Other needs assistance$94K
NFIP claims paid$4K
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 2024Dawson County

HURRICANE HELENE

DR-4830-GA · Sep 24, 2024 to Oct 30, 2024
$38KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Dawson County

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

DR-4501-GA · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$35KPA obligated
14Registrations
$93KHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Dawson County

COVID-19

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

HURRICANE IRMA

DR-4338-GA · Sep 7, 2017 to Sep 20, 2017
$66KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneSep 2017Dawson County

HURRICANE IRMA

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

HURRICANE IVAN

DR-1554-GA · Sep 14, 2004 to Oct 30, 2004
$171KPA obligated
29Registrations
$27KHousehold aid
IA, PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneOct 1995Dawson County

HURRICANE OPAL

DR-1071-GA · Oct 4, 1995 to Oct 5, 1995
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
IA, PAPrograms
DroughtJul 1977Dawson County

DROUGHT

EM-3044-GA · Jul 20, 1977
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
TornadoeApr 1974Dawson County

TORNADOES

DR-425-GA · Apr 5, 1974
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
IA, PAPrograms