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Bell County, Kentucky

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

Total declarations
29
1967 to 2026
Tracked FEMA aid
$6.0M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Severe Storm
567 registrations tracked
Most recent event
DR-3633
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.

Roads and Bridges$2.2M
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$410K
Debris Removal$314K
Buildings and Equipment$285K
Utilities$184K
Water Control Facilities$159K
Management Costs$101K
Emergency Protective Measures$84K
Total PA obligated$3.8M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations567
IHP / household aid$2.3M
Housing assistance$1.5M
Other needs assistance$816K
NFIP claims paid$0
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 2020Bell County

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

DR-4497-KY · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$21KPA obligated
94Registrations
$511KHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Bell County

COVID-19

EM-3469-KY · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
WinterJan 1996Bell County

BLIZZARD OF 96

DR-1089-KY · Jan 5, 1996 to Jan 12, 1996
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms