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Pickens County, South Carolina

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

Total declarations
25
1977 to 2026
Tracked FEMA aid
$62.7M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Hurricane
19,506 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.

Emergency Protective Measures$39.5M
Utilities$5.8M
Debris Removal$1.7M
Roads and Bridges$531K
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$175K
Buildings and Equipment$97K
Management Costs$15K
Water Control Facilities$11K
Total PA obligated$47.9M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations19,506
IHP / household aid$14.8M
Housing assistance$2.9M
Other needs assistance$12.0M
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 2024Pickens County

HURRICANE HELENE

DR-4829-SC · Sep 25, 2024 to Oct 7, 2024
$41.4MPA obligated
19,009Registrations
$13.2MHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneNov 2022Pickens County

HURRICANE IAN

DR-4677-SC · Sep 25, 2022 to Oct 4, 2022
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneSep 2022Pickens County

HURRICANE IAN

EM-3585-SC · Sep 25, 2022 to Oct 4, 2022
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Pickens County

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

DR-4492-SC · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$283KPA obligated
253Registrations
$1.4MHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Pickens County

COVID-19

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

HURRICANE IRMA

DR-4346-SC · Sep 6, 2017 to Sep 13, 2017
$1.9MPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
DroughtAug 1977Pickens County

DROUGHT

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

Disaster history context for Pickens County

Pickens County, South Carolina has 25 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 $62.7M, 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.