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DeKalb County, Georgia

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

Total declarations
17
1973 to 2026
Tracked FEMA aid
$542.5M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Hurricane
6,614 registrations tracked
Most recent event
DR-3642
Jan 24, 2026
Cross-link

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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.

Emergency Protective Measures$515.0M
Debris Removal$11.3M
Utilities$2.5M
Roads and Bridges$1.1M
Water Control Facilities$951K
Buildings and Equipment$238K
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$219K
Direct Administrative Costs$12K
Total PA obligated$531.2M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations6,614
IHP / household aid$11.3M
Housing assistance$5.6M
Other needs assistance$5.7M
NFIP claims paid$29.2M
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 2020DeKalb County

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

DR-4501-GA · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$512.4MPA obligated
922Registrations
$4.8MHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020DeKalb County

COVID-19

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

HURRICANE IRMA

DR-4338-GA · Sep 7, 2017 to Sep 20, 2017
$3.5MPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneSep 2017DeKalb County

HURRICANE IRMA

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

HURRICANE IVAN

DR-1554-GA · Sep 14, 2004 to Oct 30, 2004
$860KPA obligated
574Registrations
$735KHousehold aid
IA, PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneOct 1995DeKalb County

HURRICANE OPAL

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

DROUGHT

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

Disaster history context for DeKalb County

DeKalb County, Georgia has 17 FEMA disaster declarations on record, spanning from 1973 to 2026. The dominant hazard type is hurricane, followed by hurricane. That is close to the Georgia average of 17 declarations per county. Total tracked FEMA obligations for this county exceed $542.5M, 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.

The NFIP flood insurance section shows 2,289 claims and 0 active policies currently tracked for this county. Flood insurance claims and disaster declarations overlap but are not the same — a county can have significant flood claims without a major disaster declaration, and vice versa.