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Lawrence County, Mississippi

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

Total declarations
32
1969 to 2026
Tracked FEMA aid
$11.9M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Hurricane
6,179 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$5.1M
Emergency Protective Measures$327K
Roads and Bridges$305K
Buildings and Equipment$93K
Emergency Work Donated Resources$51K
Utilities$45K
Management Costs$35K
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$25K
Total PA obligated$6.0M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations6,179
IHP / household aid$6.0M
Housing assistance$4.1M
Other needs assistance$1.9M
NFIP claims paid$672K
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 2021Lawrence County

HURRICANE IDA

DR-4626-MS · Aug 28, 2021 to Sep 1, 2021
$0PA obligated
1Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Lawrence County

COVID-19

EM-3474-MS · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
HurricaneAug 2005Lawrence County

HURRICANE KATRINA

DR-1604-MS · Aug 29, 2005 to Oct 14, 2005
$3.8MPA obligated
5,330Registrations
$5.1MHousehold aid
IA, PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneSep 2004Lawrence County

HURRICANE IVAN

DR-1550-MS · Sep 13, 2004 to Sep 20, 2004
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
About this county

Disaster history context for Lawrence County

Lawrence County, Mississippi has 32 FEMA disaster declarations on record, spanning from 1969 to 2026. The dominant hazard type is hurricane, followed by severe storm. That is above the Mississippi average of 26 declarations per county. Total tracked FEMA obligations for this county exceed $11.9M, 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 43 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.