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Amite County, Mississippi

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

Total declarations
29
1965 to 2026
Tracked FEMA aid
$5.2M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Hurricane
4,552 registrations tracked
Most recent event
DR-4899
Feb 6, 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$224K
Roads and Bridges$193K
Emergency Protective Measures$176K
Buildings and Equipment$92K
Utilities$19K
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$3K
Total PA obligated$707K

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations4,552
IHP / household aid$4.5M
Housing assistance$3.3M
Other needs assistance$1.2M
NFIP claims paid$195K
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.

HurricaneOct 2021Amite County

HURRICANE IDA

DR-4626-MS · Aug 28, 2021 to Sep 1, 2021
$0PA obligated
557Registrations
$717KHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneAug 2021Amite County

HURRICANE IDA

EM-3569-MS · Aug 28, 2021 to Sep 1, 2021
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
HurricaneSep 2020Amite County

HURRICANE SALLY

EM-3544-MS · Sep 14, 2020 to Sep 17, 2020
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
BiologicalApr 2020Amite County

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

DR-4528-MS · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$6KPA obligated
30Registrations
$139KHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Amite County

COVID-19

EM-3474-MS · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
HurricaneAug 2012Amite County

HURRICANE ISAAC

DR-4081-MS · Aug 26, 2012 to Sep 11, 2012
$152KPA obligated
517Registrations
$215KHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneSep 2008Amite County

HURRICANE GUSTAV

DR-1794-MS · Aug 28, 2008 to Sep 8, 2008
$146KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneAug 2005Amite County

HURRICANE KATRINA

DR-1604-MS · Aug 29, 2005 to Oct 14, 2005
$171KPA obligated
3,090Registrations
$3.0MHousehold aid
IA, PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneSep 2004Amite County

HURRICANE IVAN

DR-1550-MS · Sep 13, 2004 to Sep 20, 2004
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
TornadoeApr 1978Amite County

TORNADOES

EM-3063-MS · Apr 24, 1978
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
IAPrograms
About this county

Disaster history context for Amite County

Amite County, Mississippi has 29 FEMA disaster declarations on record, spanning from 1965 to 2026. The dominant hazard type is hurricane, followed by severe storm. That is close to the Mississippi average of 26 declarations per county. Total tracked FEMA obligations for this county exceed $5.2M, 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.

The NFIP flood insurance section shows 24 claims and 0 active policies currently tracked for this county. Flood insurance claims and disaster declarations overlap but are not the same — a county can have significant flood claims without a major disaster declaration, and vice versa.