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Beaufort County, South Carolina

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

Total declarations
24
1977 to 2026
Tracked FEMA aid
$90.1M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Hurricane
11,661 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$57.4M
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$13.5M
Emergency Protective Measures$6.5M
Roads and Bridges$1.3M
Buildings and Equipment$596K
Utilities$378K
Management Costs$216K
Water Control Facilities$21K
Total PA obligated$79.8M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations11,661
IHP / household aid$10.3M
Housing assistance$6.3M
Other needs assistance$4.0M
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.

HurricaneSep 2024Beaufort County

HURRICANE HELENE

DR-4829-SC · Sep 25, 2024 to Oct 7, 2024
$444KPA obligated
4,088Registrations
$5.4MHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneNov 2022Beaufort County

HURRICANE IAN

DR-4677-SC · Sep 25, 2022 to Oct 4, 2022
$94KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Beaufort County

COVID-19

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

HURRICANE IRMA

DR-4346-SC · Sep 6, 2017 to Sep 13, 2017
$4.0MPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
DroughtAug 1977Beaufort County

DROUGHT

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

Disaster history context for Beaufort County

Beaufort County, South Carolina has 24 FEMA disaster declarations on record, spanning from 1977 to 2026. The dominant hazard type is hurricane, followed by severe storm. That is close to the South Carolina average of 26 declarations per county. Total tracked FEMA obligations for this county exceed $90.1M, 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.