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Newton County, Georgia

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

Total declarations
20
1977 to 2026
Tracked FEMA aid
$17.4M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Severe Storm
2,242 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.

Utilities$4.7M
Emergency Protective Measures$4.3M
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$3.6M
Debris Removal$1.0M
Roads and Bridges$827K
Management Costs$75K
Direct Administrative Costs$72K
Water Control Facilities$63K
Total PA obligated$14.7M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations2,242
IHP / household aid$2.7M
Housing assistance$946K
Other needs assistance$1.8M
NFIP claims paid$736K
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 2024Newton County

HURRICANE HELENE

DR-4830-GA · Sep 24, 2024 to Oct 30, 2024
$0PA obligated
1,096Registrations
$840KHousehold aid
HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Newton County

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

DR-4501-GA · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$3.2MPA obligated
221Registrations
$1.2MHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Newton County

COVID-19

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

HURRICANE IRMA

DR-4338-GA · Sep 7, 2017 to Sep 20, 2017
$2.3MPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneSep 2017Newton County

HURRICANE IRMA

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

DROUGHT

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