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Dooly County, Georgia

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

Total declarations
17
1977 to 2026
Tracked FEMA aid
$3.5M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Hurricane
14 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.

Debris Removal$1.6M
Utilities$1.5M
Emergency Protective Measures$191K
Roads and Bridges$46K
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$25K
Buildings and Equipment$11K
Management Costs$10K
Direct Administrative Costs$4K
Total PA obligated$3.4M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations14
IHP / household aid$61K
Housing assistance$0
Other needs assistance$61K
NFIP claims paid$323K
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 2024Dooly County

HURRICANE HELENE

DR-4830-GA · Sep 24, 2024 to Oct 30, 2024
$337KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Dooly County

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

DR-4501-GA · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$0PA obligated
14Registrations
$61KHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Dooly County

COVID-19

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

HURRICANE MICHAEL

DR-4400-GA · Oct 9, 2018 to Oct 23, 2018
$768KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneSep 2017Dooly County

HURRICANE IRMA

DR-4338-GA · Sep 7, 2017 to Sep 20, 2017
$327KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneSep 2017Dooly County

HURRICANE IRMA

EM-3387-GA · Sep 7, 2017 to Sep 20, 2017
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
DroughtJul 1977Dooly County

DROUGHT

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

Disaster history context for Dooly County

Dooly County, Georgia has 17 FEMA disaster declarations on record, spanning from 1977 to 2026. 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 $3.5M, 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 19 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.