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Lee County, Mississippi

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

Total declarations
22
1973 to 2026
Tracked FEMA aid
$21.0M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Severe Storm
2,153 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$7.4M
Utilities$5.3M
Roads and Bridges$1.6M
Emergency Protective Measures$718K
Buildings and Equipment$599K
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$131K
Management Costs$50K
Emergency Work Donated Resources$27K
Total PA obligated$15.9M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations2,153
IHP / household aid$5.1M
Housing assistance$473K
Other needs assistance$4.6M
NFIP claims paid$3.9M
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 2021Lee County

HURRICANE IDA

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

HURRICANE IDA

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

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

DR-4528-MS · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$220KPA obligated
744Registrations
$4.3MHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Lee County

COVID-19

EM-3474-MS · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
HurricaneAug 2008Lee County

HURRICANE GUSTAV

EM-3291-MS · Aug 28, 2008 to Sep 8, 2008
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
HurricaneAug 2005Lee County

HURRICANE KATRINA

DR-1604-MS · Aug 29, 2005 to Oct 14, 2005
$466KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneJul 2005Lee County

HURRICANE DENNIS

DR-1594-MS · Jul 10, 2005 to Jul 15, 2005
$11KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
About this county

Disaster history context for Lee County

Lee County, Mississippi has 22 FEMA disaster declarations on record, spanning from 1973 to 2026. The dominant hazard type is severe storm, followed by hurricane. That is close to the Mississippi average of 26 declarations per county. Total tracked FEMA obligations for this county exceed $21.0M, 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 174 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.