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Benton County, Mississippi

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

Total declarations
17
1971 to 2026
Tracked FEMA aid
$2.1M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Severe Storm
263 registrations tracked
Most recent event
DR-4899
Feb 6, 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.

Debris Removal$596K
Roads and Bridges$543K
Emergency Work Donated Resources$23K
Emergency Protective Measures$21K
Total PA obligated$1.2M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations263
IHP / household aid$871K
Housing assistance$683K
Other needs assistance$188K
NFIP claims paid$798
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 2021Benton County

HURRICANE IDA

DR-4626-MS · Aug 28, 2021 to Sep 1, 2021
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneAug 2021Benton County

HURRICANE IDA

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

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

DR-4528-MS · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$0PA obligated
15Registrations
$91KHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Benton County

COVID-19

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