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Bedford County, Tennessee

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

Total declarations
18
1973 to 2026
Tracked FEMA aid
$5.1M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Severe Storm
153 registrations tracked
Most recent event
DR-4898
Feb 6, 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.

Utilities$3.7M
Debris Removal$395K
Roads and Bridges$377K
Emergency Protective Measures$161K
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$10K
Management Costs$2K
Emergency Work Donated Resources$1K
Total PA obligated$4.6M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations153
IHP / household aid$522K
Housing assistance$54K
Other needs assistance$468K
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.

BiologicalMar 2020Bedford County

COVID-19

EM-3473-TN · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
TornadoeApr 1974Bedford County

TORNADOES

DR-424-TN · Apr 4, 1974
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
IA, PAPrograms
About this county

Disaster history context for Bedford County

Bedford County, Tennessee has 18 FEMA disaster declarations on record, spanning from 1973 to 2026. The dominant hazard type is severe storm, followed by snowstorm. That is close to the Tennessee average of 21 declarations per county. Total tracked FEMA obligations for this county exceed $5.1M, 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.