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Polk County, North Carolina

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

Total declarations
23
1977 to 2026
Tracked FEMA aid
$18.4M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Hurricane
4,459 registrations tracked
Most recent event
DR-3637
Jan 24, 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$3.6M
Utilities$2.7M
Debris Removal$2.1M
Roads and Bridges$666K
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$373K
Management Costs$276K
Buildings and Equipment$184K
Water Control Facilities$22K
Total PA obligated$9.9M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations4,459
IHP / household aid$8.5M
Housing assistance$4.2M
Other needs assistance$4.3M
NFIP claims paid$0
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.

StormSep 2024Polk County

HURRICANE HELENE

EM-3617-NC · Sep 25, 2024 to Dec 18, 2024
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
HurricaneOct 2022Polk County

HURRICANE IAN

EM-3586-NC · Sep 28, 2022 to Oct 4, 2022
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
HurricaneAug 2020Polk County

HURRICANE ISAIAS

EM-3534-NC · Jul 31, 2020 to Aug 4, 2020
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Polk County

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

DR-4487-NC · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$6KPA obligated
32Registrations
$155KHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Polk County

COVID-19

EM-3471-NC · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
HurricaneSep 2004Polk County

HURRICANE IVAN

DR-1553-NC · Sep 16, 2004 to Sep 23, 2004
$23KPA obligated
18Registrations
$9KHousehold aid
IA, PA, HMPrograms
WinterDec 2002Polk County

SEVERE ICE STORM

DR-1448-NC · Dec 4, 2002 to Dec 6, 2002
$5KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneSep 1996Polk County

HURRICANE FRAN

DR-1134-NC · Sep 5, 1996 to Oct 21, 1996
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
IAPrograms
WinterFeb 1996Polk County

WINTER STORM

DR-1103-NC · Feb 2, 1996 to Feb 9, 1996
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
WinterJan 1996Polk County

BLIZZARD OF 96

DR-1087-NC · Jan 6, 1996 to Jan 12, 1996
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
DroughtAug 1977Polk County

DROUGHT

EM-3049-NC · Aug 11, 1977
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms