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Washington County, Georgia

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

Total declarations
16
1966 to 2026
Tracked FEMA aid
$32.1M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Hurricane
4,361 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.

Emergency Protective Measures$13.6M
Debris Removal$8.2M
Utilities$5.2M
Buildings and Equipment$385K
Roads and Bridges$253K
Management Costs$95K
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$61K
Direct Administrative Costs$16K
Total PA obligated$27.9M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations4,361
IHP / household aid$4.2M
Housing assistance$1.6M
Other needs assistance$2.6M
NFIP claims paid$224K
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 2020Washington County

COVID-19

EM-3464-GA · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
About this county

Disaster history context for Washington County

Washington County, Georgia has 16 FEMA disaster declarations on record, spanning from 1966 to 2026. The dominant hazard type is hurricane, followed by snowstorm. That is close to the Georgia average of 17 declarations per county. Total tracked FEMA obligations for this county exceed $32.1M, 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 14 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.