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Rhea County, Tennessee

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

Total declarations
21
1973 to 2026
Tracked FEMA aid
$2.4M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Severe Storm
265 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$446K
Utilities$428K
Roads and Bridges$343K
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$162K
Emergency Protective Measures$106K
Water Control Facilities$42K
Emergency Work Donated Resources$20K
Buildings and Equipment$9K
Total PA obligated$1.6M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations265
IHP / household aid$801K
Housing assistance$398K
Other needs assistance$402K
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 2020Rhea County

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

DR-4514-TN · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$0PA obligated
54Registrations
$284KHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Rhea County

COVID-19

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