SEVERE WINTER STORM
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
County page
Smith County, Mississippi
County-level FEMA declaration history, assistance rollups, and flood insurance context for Smith County.
Total declarations
25
1969 to 2026Tracked FEMA aid
$49.1M
PA + assistance signalsMost common type
Hurricane
4,163 registrations trackedMost recent event
DR-4899
Feb 6, 2026Cross-link
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The same county on FloodZoneMap.org covers flood-zone context, map interpretation, and related flood insurance questions that sit adjacent to this disaster-history page.
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.
Emergency Protective Measures$20.3M
Utilities$19.7M
Debris Removal$3.6M
Management Costs$112K
Roads and Bridges$71K
Buildings and Equipment$27K
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$12K
Emergency Work Donated Resources$10K
Total PA obligated$43.9M
Individual assistance
Registrations, housing assistance, and other-needs dollars surfaced through the FEMA assistance datasets.
Tracked registrations4,163
IHP / household aid$5.2M
Housing assistance$3.6M
Other needs assistance$1.6M
NFIP claims paid$78K
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.
SEVERE WINTER STORM
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
SEVERE STORMS, STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS, TORNADOES, AND FLOODING
$1.1MPA obligated
317Registrations
$1.9MHousehold aid
PAPrograms
SEVERE STORMS, STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS, AND TORNADOES.
$2.9MPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
HURRICANE IDA
$991KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
HURRICANE IDA
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
SEVERE WINTER STORMS
$3.6MPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
SEVERE STORMS, TORNADOES, STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS, AND FLOODING
$1.3MPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
SEVERE STORMS, TORNADOES, STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS, AND FLOODING
$4.9MPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
COVID-19 PANDEMIC
$0PA obligated
14Registrations
$66KHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
COVID-19
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
SEVERE STORM, STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS, AND FLOODING
$1.1MPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
HURRICANE ISAAC
$445KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
SEVERE STORMS, TORNADOES, STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS, AND ASSOCIATED FLOODING
$188KPA obligated
63Registrations
$194KHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
HURRICANE GUSTAV
$5KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
HURRICANE KATRINA
$27.2MPA obligated
3,757Registrations
$3.1MHousehold aid
IA, PA, HMPrograms
HURRICANE DENNIS
$23KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
HURRICANE IVAN
$96KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
SEVERE STORMS, TORNADOES, FLOODS
$0PA obligated
12Registrations
$4KHousehold aid
IA, HMPrograms
SEVERE STORMS, HIGH WINDS & TORNADOES
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
IA, PAPrograms
SEVERE STORMS, TORNADOES & FLOODING
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
IA, PAPrograms
TORNADOES
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
IAPrograms
DROUGHT & FREEZING
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
HEAVY RAINS & FLOODING
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
IA, PAPrograms
HURRICANE CAMILLE
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
IA, PAPrograms
About this county
Disaster history context for Smith County
Smith County, Mississippi has 25 FEMA disaster declarations on record, spanning from 1969 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 $49.1M, 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 11 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.