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Cocke County, Tennessee

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

Total declarations
24
1972 to 2026
Tracked FEMA aid
$21.8M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Tropical Storm
3,043 registrations tracked
Most recent event
DR-4898
Feb 6, 2026
Cross-link

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The same county on FloodZoneMap.org covers flood-zone context, map interpretation, and related flood insurance questions that sit adjacent to this disaster-history page.

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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$8.2M
Utilities$3.4M
Buildings and Equipment$1.8M
Emergency Protective Measures$904K
Debris Removal$278K
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$58K
Emergency Work Donated Resources$34K
Management Costs$18K
Total PA obligated$14.7M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations3,043
IHP / household aid$7.0M
Housing assistance$3.5M
Other needs assistance$3.5M
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 2020Cocke County

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

DR-4514-TN · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$0PA obligated
143Registrations
$739KHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Cocke County

COVID-19

EM-3473-TN · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
About this county

Disaster history context for Cocke County

Cocke County, Tennessee has 24 FEMA disaster declarations on record, spanning from 1972 to 2026. The dominant hazard type is tropical storm, followed by flood. That is close to the Tennessee average of 21 declarations per county. Total tracked FEMA obligations for this county exceed $21.8M, 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.