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Sumter County, South Carolina

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

Total declarations
28
1977 to 2026
Tracked FEMA aid
$27.9M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Hurricane
11,361 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$5.2M
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$2.8M
Utilities$2.6M
Emergency Protective Measures$1.5M
Roads and Bridges$677K
Buildings and Equipment$337K
Emergency Work Donated Resources$9K
Management Costs$7K
Total PA obligated$12.7M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations11,361
IHP / household aid$15.3M
Housing assistance$11.7M
Other needs assistance$3.6M
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.

HurricaneNov 2022Sumter County

HURRICANE IAN

DR-4677-SC · Sep 25, 2022 to Oct 4, 2022
$99KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneSep 2022Sumter County

HURRICANE IAN

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

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

DR-4492-SC · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$234KPA obligated
283Registrations
$1.7MHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Sumter County

COVID-19

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

HURRICANE IRMA

DR-4346-SC · Sep 6, 2017 to Sep 13, 2017
$96KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneSep 2017Sumter County

HURRICANE IRMA

EM-3386-SC · Sep 6, 2017 to Sep 13, 2017
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
HurricaneOct 2016Sumter County

HURRICANE MATTHEW

DR-4286-SC · Oct 4, 2016 to Oct 30, 2016
$1.8MPA obligated
754Registrations
$476KHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
WinterFeb 2004Sumter County

SEVERE ICE STORM

DR-1509-SC · Jan 26, 2004 to Jan 30, 2004
$1.8MPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneSep 1989Sumter County

HURRICANE HUGO

DR-843-SC · Sep 21, 1989 to Sep 22, 1989
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
IA, PAPrograms
DroughtAug 1977Sumter County

DROUGHT

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