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Smith County, Mississippi

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

Total declarations
25
1969 to 2026
Tracked FEMA aid
$49.1M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Hurricane
4,163 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.

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.

HurricaneOct 2021Smith County

HURRICANE IDA

DR-4626-MS · Aug 28, 2021 to Sep 1, 2021
$991KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneAug 2021Smith County

HURRICANE IDA

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

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

DR-4528-MS · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$0PA obligated
14Registrations
$66KHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Smith County

COVID-19

EM-3474-MS · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
HurricaneAug 2012Smith County

HURRICANE ISAAC

DR-4081-MS · Aug 26, 2012 to Sep 11, 2012
$445KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneAug 2008Smith County

HURRICANE GUSTAV

EM-3291-MS · Aug 28, 2008 to Sep 8, 2008
$5KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
HurricaneAug 2005Smith County

HURRICANE KATRINA

DR-1604-MS · Aug 29, 2005 to Oct 14, 2005
$27.2MPA obligated
3,757Registrations
$3.1MHousehold aid
IA, PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneJul 2005Smith County

HURRICANE DENNIS

DR-1594-MS · Jul 10, 2005 to Jul 15, 2005
$23KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneSep 2004Smith County

HURRICANE IVAN

DR-1550-MS · Sep 13, 2004 to Sep 20, 2004
$96KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
TornadoeApr 1978Smith County

TORNADOES

EM-3063-MS · Apr 24, 1978
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
IAPrograms