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Elbert County, Georgia

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

Total declarations
16
1977 to 2026
Tracked FEMA aid
$1.4M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Hurricane
1,196 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$233K
Roads and Bridges$147K
Utilities$21K
Management Costs$14K
Emergency Work Donated Resources$8K
Buildings and Equipment$4K
Emergency Protective Measures$3K
Total PA obligated$431K

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations1,196
IHP / household aid$967K
Housing assistance$285K
Other needs assistance$682K
NFIP claims paid$14K
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 2024Elbert County

HURRICANE HELENE

DR-4830-GA · Sep 24, 2024 to Oct 30, 2024
$235KPA obligated
1,163Registrations
$783KHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Elbert County

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

DR-4501-GA · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$0PA obligated
33Registrations
$183KHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Elbert County

COVID-19

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

HURRICANE IRMA

DR-4338-GA · Sep 7, 2017 to Sep 20, 2017
$47KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneSep 2017Elbert County

HURRICANE IRMA

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

HURRICANE IVAN

DR-1554-GA · Sep 14, 2004 to Oct 30, 2004
$55KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
DroughtJul 1977Elbert County

DROUGHT

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