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Monroe County, Mississippi

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

Total declarations
26
1973 to 2026
Tracked FEMA aid
$39.7M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Severe Storm
3,325 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$15.4M
Emergency Protective Measures$7.9M
Utilities$3.8M
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$2.2M
Emergency Work Donated Resources$1.2M
Buildings and Equipment$1.2M
Roads and Bridges$821K
Management Costs$291K
Total PA obligated$32.8M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations3,325
IHP / household aid$6.9M
Housing assistance$4.2M
Other needs assistance$2.7M
NFIP claims paid$1.4M
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 2021Monroe County

HURRICANE IDA

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

HURRICANE IDA

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

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

DR-4528-MS · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$126KPA obligated
145Registrations
$761KHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Monroe County

COVID-19

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

HURRICANE DENNIS

DR-1594-MS · Jul 10, 2005 to Jul 15, 2005
$5KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneSep 2004Monroe County

HURRICANE IVAN

DR-1550-MS · Sep 13, 2004 to Sep 20, 2004
$118KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
About this county

Disaster history context for Monroe County

Monroe County, Mississippi has 26 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 $39.7M, 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 147 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.