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Laurel County, Kentucky

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

Total declarations
27
1970 to 2026
Tracked FEMA aid
$5.9M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Severe Storm
1,305 registrations tracked
Most recent event
DR-3633
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.

Debris Removal$371K
Roads and Bridges$152K
Emergency Work Donated Resources$133K
Emergency Protective Measures$82K
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$75K
Buildings and Equipment$21K
Utilities$6K
Total PA obligated$840K

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations1,305
IHP / household aid$5.0M
Housing assistance$2.4M
Other needs assistance$2.6M
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 2020Laurel County

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

DR-4497-KY · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$0PA obligated
241Registrations
$1.5MHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Laurel County

COVID-19

EM-3469-KY · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
TornadoeApr 1974Laurel County

TORNADOES

DR-420-KY · Apr 4, 1974
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
IA, PAPrograms