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Putnam County, Tennessee

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

Total declarations
19
1974 to 2026
Tracked FEMA aid
$12.3M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Severe Storm
1,049 registrations tracked
Most recent event
DR-4898
Feb 6, 2026
Cross-link

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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.

Debris Removal$4.8M
Utilities$1.7M
Emergency Protective Measures$1.5M
Roads and Bridges$892K
Buildings and Equipment$739K
Emergency Work Donated Resources$312K
Management Costs$54K
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$37K
Total PA obligated$9.9M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations1,049
IHP / household aid$2.4M
Housing assistance$372K
Other needs assistance$2.0M
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 2020Putnam County

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

DR-4514-TN · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$540KPA obligated
312Registrations
$1.8MHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Putnam County

COVID-19

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

TORNADOES

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