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Washington County, Mississippi

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

Total declarations
30
1971 to 2026
Tracked FEMA aid
$24.2M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Severe Storm
4,310 registrations tracked
Most recent event
DR-4899
Feb 6, 2026
Cross-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.

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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$12.4M
Utilities$2.6M
Debris Removal$686K
Roads and Bridges$383K
Buildings and Equipment$211K
Management Costs$156K
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$29K
Total PA obligated$16.5M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations4,310
IHP / household aid$7.7M
Housing assistance$5.3M
Other needs assistance$2.3M
NFIP claims paid$37.0M
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.

BiologicalMar 2020Washington County

COVID-19

EM-3474-MS · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
FloodMay 2011Washington County

FLOODING

DR-1983-MS · May 3, 2011 to Jun 17, 2011
$734KPA obligated
312Registrations
$510KHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
FloodMay 2011Washington County

FLOODING

EM-3320-MS · Apr 27, 2011 to Jun 17, 2011
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
FloodJun 1997Washington County

FLOODING

DR-1178-MS · Feb 28, 1997 to Apr 21, 1997
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
IAPrograms
About this county

Disaster history context for Washington County

Washington County, Mississippi has 30 FEMA disaster declarations on record, spanning from 1971 to 2026. The dominant hazard type is severe storm, followed by flood. That is close to the Mississippi average of 26 declarations per county. Total tracked FEMA obligations for this county exceed $24.2M, 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 1,955 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.