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Meade County, Kentucky

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

Total declarations
24
1974 to 2026
Tracked FEMA aid
$6.8M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Severe Storm
168 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.

Utilities$4.6M
Emergency Protective Measures$834K
Debris Removal$438K
Roads and Bridges$320K
Management Costs$81K
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$30K
Emergency Work Donated Resources$12K
Buildings and Equipment$11K
Total PA obligated$6.4M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations168
IHP / household aid$436K
Housing assistance$279K
Other needs assistance$157K
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 2020Meade County

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

DR-4497-KY · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$44KPA obligated
20Registrations
$102KHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Meade County

COVID-19

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

BLIZZARD OF 96

DR-1089-KY · Jan 5, 1996 to Jan 12, 1996
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
TornadoeApr 1974Meade County

TORNADOES

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

Disaster history context for Meade County

Meade County, Kentucky has 24 FEMA disaster declarations on record, spanning from 1974 to 2026. The dominant hazard type is severe storm, followed by snowstorm. That is close to the Kentucky average of 28 declarations per county. Total tracked FEMA obligations for this county exceed $6.8M, 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.