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Nelson County, Kentucky

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

Total declarations
24
1970 to 2026
Tracked FEMA aid
$7.7M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Severe Storm
186 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$3.6M
Emergency Protective Measures$1.6M
Debris Removal$704K
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$508K
Management Costs$125K
Buildings and Equipment$28K
Roads and Bridges$15K
Emergency Work Donated Resources$11K
Total PA obligated$6.6M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations186
IHP / household aid$1.1M
Housing assistance$469K
Other needs assistance$612K
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 2020Nelson County

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

DR-4497-KY · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$382KPA obligated
59Registrations
$381KHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Nelson County

COVID-19

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

TORNADOES

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