HURRICANE HELENE
$1.1MPA obligated
3,728Registrations
$2.4MHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
County page
Tift County, Georgia
County-level FEMA declaration history, assistance rollups, and flood insurance context for Tift County.
Total declarations
20
1974 to 2024Tracked FEMA aid
$7.6M
PA + assistance signalsMost common type
Hurricane
5,050 registrations trackedMost recent event
DR-4830
Sep 30, 2024Cross-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$1.1M
Roads and Bridges$923K
Emergency Protective Measures$746K
Buildings and Equipment$111K
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$27K
Emergency Work Donated Resources$19K
Direct Administrative Costs$16K
Management Costs$13K
Total PA obligated$3.0M
Individual assistance
Registrations, housing assistance, and other-needs dollars surfaced through the FEMA assistance datasets.
Tracked registrations5,050
IHP / household aid$4.7M
Housing assistance$1.2M
Other needs assistance$3.5M
NFIP claims paid$3.6M
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
TROPICAL STORM DEBBY
$29KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
HURRICANE DEBBY
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
HURRICANE IDALIA
$87KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
COVID-19 PANDEMIC
$146KPA obligated
290Registrations
$1.8MHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
COVID-19
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
HURRICANE MICHAEL
$419KPA obligated
882Registrations
$171KHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
HURRICANE MICHAEL
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
HURRICANE IRMA
$565KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
HURRICANE IRMA
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
SEVERE STORMS, FLOODING, TORNADOES, AND STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS
$463KPA obligated
150Registrations
$271KHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
HURRICANE KATRINA EVACUATION
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
TROPICAL STORM FRANCES
$58KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
SEVERE STORMS/TORNADOS
$62KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
IA, PA, HMPrograms
SEVERE STORMS AND FLOODING
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
IA, PAPrograms
HEAVY RAINS, TORNADOS, FLOODING, HIGH WINDS
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
IA, PAPrograms
SEVERE SNOWFALL, WINTER STORM
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
DROUGHT
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
TORNADOES
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
IA, PAPrograms
About this county
Disaster history context for Tift County
Tift County, Georgia has 20 FEMA disaster declarations on record, spanning from 1974 to 2024. The dominant hazard type is hurricane, followed by severe storm. That is close to the Georgia average of 17 declarations per county. Total tracked FEMA obligations for this county exceed $7.6M, 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 90 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.