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Union County, Mississippi

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

Total declarations
19
1973 to 2026
Tracked FEMA aid
$1.3M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Severe Storm
118 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.

Roads and Bridges$331K
Utilities$175K
Emergency Protective Measures$171K
Water Control Facilities$20K
Management Costs$12K
Emergency Work Donated Resources$2K
Total PA obligated$710K

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations118
IHP / household aid$595K
Housing assistance$1K
Other needs assistance$594K
NFIP claims paid$504K
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 2021Union County

HURRICANE IDA

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

HURRICANE IDA

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

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

DR-4528-MS · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$87KPA obligated
104Registrations
$588KHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Union County

COVID-19

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

HURRICANE KATRINA

DR-1604-MS · Aug 29, 2005 to Oct 14, 2005
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
TornadoeApr 1984Union County

TORNADOES

DR-703-MS · Mar 28, 1984 to Mar 29, 1984
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
IAPrograms
About this county

Disaster history context for Union County

Union County, Mississippi has 19 FEMA disaster declarations on record, spanning from 1973 to 2026. The dominant hazard type is severe storm, followed by hurricane. That is below the Mississippi average of 26 declarations per county. Total tracked FEMA obligations for this county exceed $1.3M, 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 19 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.