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Whitley County, Kentucky

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

Total declarations
37
1974 to 2026
Tracked FEMA aid
$7.4M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Severe Storm
868 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$4.5M
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$260K
Emergency Protective Measures$155K
Utilities$131K
Management Costs$127K
Debris Removal$58K
Buildings and Equipment$40K
Emergency Work Donated Resources$1K
Total PA obligated$5.2M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations868
IHP / household aid$2.2M
Housing assistance$493K
Other needs assistance$1.7M
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 2020Whitley County

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

DR-4497-KY · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$107KPA obligated
235Registrations
$1.5MHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Whitley County

COVID-19

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

TORNADOES

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