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Gibson County, Tennessee

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

Total declarations
28
1971 to 2026
Tracked FEMA aid
$12.0M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Severe Storm
2,372 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$3.8M
Debris Removal$1.7M
Roads and Bridges$1.2M
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$978K
Emergency Protective Measures$712K
Buildings and Equipment$158K
Emergency Work Donated Resources$75K
Management Costs$22K
Total PA obligated$8.6M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations2,372
IHP / household aid$3.4M
Housing assistance$2.2M
Other needs assistance$1.2M
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 2020Gibson County

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

DR-4514-TN · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$70KPA obligated
54Registrations
$279KHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Gibson County

COVID-19

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

TORNADO

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

Disaster history context for Gibson County

Gibson County, Tennessee has 28 FEMA disaster declarations on record, spanning from 1971 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 $12.0M, 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.