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Polk County, Tennessee

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

Total declarations
23
1974 to 2026
Tracked FEMA aid
$599K
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Severe Storm
70 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$246K
Debris Removal$147K
Utilities$36K
Emergency Protective Measures$31K
Emergency Work Donated Resources$6K
Total PA obligated$466K

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations70
IHP / household aid$132K
Housing assistance$56K
Other needs assistance$76K
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 2020Polk County

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

DR-4514-TN · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$8KPA obligated
10Registrations
$54KHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Polk County

COVID-19

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

TORNADOES

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