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Carter County, Tennessee

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

Total declarations
18
1973 to 2026
Tracked FEMA aid
$40.2M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Tropical Storm
3,204 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.

Roads and Bridges$17.7M
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$4.7M
Buildings and Equipment$2.8M
Utilities$2.7M
Emergency Protective Measures$2.6M
Debris Removal$395K
Management Costs$114K
Emergency Work Donated Resources$14K
Total PA obligated$31.1M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations3,204
IHP / household aid$9.1M
Housing assistance$4.7M
Other needs assistance$4.4M
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 2020Carter County

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

DR-4514-TN · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$82KPA obligated
132Registrations
$700KHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Carter County

COVID-19

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

TORNADOES

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