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Polk County, Georgia

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

Total declarations
17
1974 to 2026
Tracked FEMA aid
$607K
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Hurricane
228 registrations tracked
Most recent event
DR-3642
Jan 24, 2026
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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.

StormSep 2024Polk County

HURRICANE HELENE

EM-3616-GA · Sep 24, 2024 to Oct 30, 2024
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Polk County

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

DR-4501-GA · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$260KPA obligated
31Registrations
$195KHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Polk County

COVID-19

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

HURRICANE IRMA

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

HURRICANE IRMA

EM-3387-GA · Sep 7, 2017 to Sep 20, 2017
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
HurricaneOct 1995Polk County

HURRICANE OPAL

DR-1071-GA · Oct 4, 1995 to Oct 5, 1995
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
IA, PAPrograms
DroughtJul 1977Polk County

DROUGHT

EM-3044-GA · Jul 20, 1977
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
TornadoeApr 1974Polk County

TORNADOES

DR-425-GA · Apr 5, 1974
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
IA, PAPrograms