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Benton County, Tennessee

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

Total declarations
22
1971 to 2026
Tracked FEMA aid
$3.6M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Severe Storm
304 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$1.4M
Roads and Bridges$1.1M
Debris Removal$282K
Emergency Protective Measures$168K
Management Costs$29K
Buildings and Equipment$9K
Emergency Work Donated Resources$8K
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$2K
Total PA obligated$2.9M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations304
IHP / household aid$683K
Housing assistance$462K
Other needs assistance$221K
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.

BiologicalApr 2020Benton County

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

DR-4514-TN · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$21KPA obligated
28Registrations
$164KHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Benton County

COVID-19

EM-3473-TN · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
TornadoeMay 1971Benton County

TORNADO

DR-306-TN · May 18, 1971
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
IA, PAPrograms