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Gwinnett County, Georgia

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

Total declarations
14
1977 to 2026
Tracked FEMA aid
$27.4M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Hurricane
4,559 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$4.6M
Water Control Facilities$3.8M
Roads and Bridges$3.8M
Emergency Protective Measures$1.2M
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$887K
Utilities$532K
Buildings and Equipment$407K
Direct Administrative Costs$83K
Total PA obligated$15.4M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations4,559
IHP / household aid$12.0M
Housing assistance$6.4M
Other needs assistance$5.6M
NFIP claims paid$10.4M
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 2020Gwinnett County

COVID-19

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

HURRICANE IRMA

DR-4338-GA · Sep 7, 2017 to Sep 20, 2017
$2.2MPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
DroughtJul 1977Gwinnett County

DROUGHT

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

Disaster history context for Gwinnett County

Gwinnett County, Georgia has 14 FEMA disaster declarations on record, spanning from 1977 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 $27.4M, 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 526 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.