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Dickson County, Tennessee

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

Total declarations
27
1974 to 2026
Tracked FEMA aid
$10.8M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Severe Storm
1,526 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$4.9M
Roads and Bridges$1.4M
Debris Removal$1.3M
Emergency Protective Measures$133K
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$32K
Management Costs$22K
Buildings and Equipment$5K
Emergency Work Donated Resources$5K
Total PA obligated$7.8M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations1,526
IHP / household aid$3.0M
Housing assistance$1.6M
Other needs assistance$1.5M
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 2020Dickson County

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

DR-4514-TN · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$27KPA obligated
216Registrations
$1.3MHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Dickson County

COVID-19

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

TORNADOES

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

Disaster history context for Dickson County

Dickson County, Tennessee has 27 FEMA disaster declarations on record, spanning from 1974 to 2026. The dominant hazard type is severe storm, followed by tornado. That is above the Tennessee average of 21 declarations per county. Total tracked FEMA obligations for this county exceed $10.8M, 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.