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Yazoo County, Mississippi

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

Total declarations
31
1971 to 2026
Tracked FEMA aid
$17.1M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Severe Storm
5,470 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$4.7M
Utilities$3.9M
Emergency Protective Measures$1.1M
Roads and Bridges$729K
Buildings and Equipment$158K
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$59K
Management Costs$26K
Emergency Work Donated Resources$4K
Total PA obligated$10.6M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations5,470
IHP / household aid$6.5M
Housing assistance$5.2M
Other needs assistance$1.3M
NFIP claims paid$7.6M
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 2021Yazoo County

HURRICANE IDA

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

HURRICANE IDA

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

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

DR-4528-MS · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$224KPA obligated
39Registrations
$184KHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Yazoo County

COVID-19

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

HURRICANE ISAAC

DR-4081-MS · Aug 26, 2012 to Sep 11, 2012
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
FloodMay 2011Yazoo County

FLOODING

DR-1983-MS · May 3, 2011 to Jun 17, 2011
$267KPA obligated
427Registrations
$1.6MHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
FloodMay 2011Yazoo County

FLOODING

EM-3320-MS · Apr 27, 2011 to Jun 17, 2011
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
HurricaneAug 2005Yazoo County

HURRICANE KATRINA

DR-1604-MS · Aug 29, 2005 to Oct 14, 2005
$886KPA obligated
3,505Registrations
$2.3MHousehold aid
IA, PA, HMPrograms
About this county

Disaster history context for Yazoo County

Yazoo County, Mississippi has 31 FEMA disaster declarations on record, spanning from 1971 to 2026. The dominant hazard type is severe storm, followed by hurricane. That is above the Mississippi average of 26 declarations per county. Total tracked FEMA obligations for this county exceed $17.1M, 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 409 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.