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Barnwell County, South Carolina

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

Total declarations
27
1977 to 2026
Tracked FEMA aid
$7.1M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Hurricane
3,633 registrations tracked
Most recent event
DR-3632
Jan 23, 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$2.9M
Roads and Bridges$393K
Emergency Protective Measures$388K
Emergency Work Donated Resources$62K
Buildings and Equipment$34K
Management Costs$31K
Utilities$3K
Total PA obligated$3.8M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations3,633
IHP / household aid$3.2M
Housing assistance$1.4M
Other needs assistance$1.8M
NFIP claims paid$41K
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.

HurricaneSep 2024Barnwell County

HURRICANE HELENE

DR-4829-SC · Sep 25, 2024 to Oct 7, 2024
$192KPA obligated
3,377Registrations
$2.9MHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneNov 2022Barnwell County

HURRICANE IAN

DR-4677-SC · Sep 25, 2022 to Oct 4, 2022
$20KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Barnwell County

COVID-19

EM-3470-SC · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
HurricaneOct 2017Barnwell County

HURRICANE IRMA

DR-4346-SC · Sep 6, 2017 to Sep 13, 2017
$22KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
DroughtAug 1977Barnwell County

DROUGHT

EM-3047-SC · Aug 4, 1977
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms