SEVERE WINTER STORM
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
County page
Polk County, Georgia
County-level FEMA declaration history, assistance rollups, and flood insurance context for Polk County.
Total declarations
17
1974 to 2026Tracked FEMA aid
$607K
PA + assistance signalsMost common type
Hurricane
228 registrations trackedMost recent event
DR-3642
Jan 24, 2026Cross-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$258K
Debris Removal$39K
Management Costs$4K
Total PA obligated$301K
Individual assistance
Registrations, housing assistance, and other-needs dollars surfaced through the FEMA assistance datasets.
Tracked registrations228
IHP / household aid$307K
Housing assistance$62K
Other needs assistance$245K
NFIP claims paid$981K
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.
HURRICANE HELENE
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
COVID-19 PANDEMIC
$260KPA obligated
31Registrations
$195KHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
COVID-19
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
HURRICANE IRMA
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
HURRICANE IRMA
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
SEVERE WINTER STORM
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
SEVERE STORMS, TORNADOES, STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS, AND ASSOCIATED FLOODING
$41KPA obligated
163Registrations
$64KHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
SEVERE STORMS AND TORNADOES
$0PA obligated
34Registrations
$47KHousehold aid
IA, HMPrograms
HURRICANE KATRINA EVACUATION
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
HURRICANE OPAL
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
IA, PAPrograms
SEVERE SNOWFALL, WINTER STORM
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
TORNADOES, HIGH WINDS & HEAVY RAINS
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
IAPrograms
SEVERE STORMS, TORNAODES & FLOODING
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
IA, PAPrograms
RAIN, FLOODING, MUDSLIDE
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
IAPrograms
DROUGHT
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
TORNADOES
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
IA, PAPrograms
About this county
Disaster history context for Polk County
Polk County, Georgia has 17 FEMA disaster declarations on record, spanning from 1974 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 $607K, 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 143 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.