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Georgetown - Quitman County, Georgia

Georgetown - Quitman County recorded 3 federal major disaster declarations since FY2000 (through FY2026), the federal government's fullest response to an event. Alongside those sit 5 emergency declarations and 0 fire management declarations, 8 in all. Its most common hazard is hurricane.

Highlighted: Georgetown - Quitman County, GA

Totals: FY2000 to FY2026 · Page last rebuilt Oct 26, 2026 · the current in-progress fiscal year is not included in totals

3
Major disasters
5
Emergency declarations
0
Fire management grants
8
All declarations on record
Oct 2026
Most recent

The federal disaster record for Georgetown - Quitman County runs between 2005 and 2026, covering 8 declarations in complete fiscal years, plus 1 so far in FY2027. Its most recent major disaster declaration was Covid-19 Pandemic in 2020. The hazards behind these declarations were most often hurricane, biological, and tropical storm.

Past 12 months

Recent declarations and aid so far

Georgetown - Quitman County has been named in 1 federal declaration in the past 12 months. The figures are what FEMA has reported for Georgetown - Quitman County to date and grow as recovery continues. It is from FY2027, so it is added to the complete-year totals above after that year ends on Sep 30, 2027.

DeclarationDeclaredHouseholds approvedIndividual AssistancePublic Assistance obligated
EM-3657-GAEmergency · Tropical StormOct 9, 2026Incident period Oct 8 to 15, 2026None reportedNone reportedNone reported yet

Individual Assistance is FEMA's Individuals and Households Program, from OpenFEMA's Housing Assistance data for owners and renters. Public Assistance is the obligated federal share from OpenFEMA's grant award activity, which usually starts posting weeks to months after a declaration. Select a declaration number to open its full event profile, with the same figures for every place it covers.

Risk and vulnerability context

Historical declarations show what has happened here. These national datasets add context about underlying natural-hazard risk and community vulnerability.

County FIPS 13239
CDC / ATSDR

Social Vulnerability Index

2022 county-level SVI
82.0
overall percentile nationally

Approximately 82.0% of U.S. counties have an equal or lower overall SVI ranking.

Socioeconomic status91.2
Household characteristics54.7
Racial and ethnic minority status90.8
Housing type and transportation56.2

Higher percentiles indicate greater relative social vulnerability within the CDC SVI framework. CDC SVI documentation

FEMA

National Risk Index

December 2025
8.3
overall risk score
Very Low
Expected annual loss$2.3MVery Low
NRI social vulnerability91.7Very High
Community resilience0.3Very Low

The NRI combines expected annual loss, social vulnerability, and community resilience to describe relative natural-hazard risk. FEMA NRI documentation

About these measures: CDC Social Vulnerability Index and FEMA National Risk Index Social Vulnerability are separate measures built with different methods. They are shown side by side for context and should not be interpreted as equivalent scores.

Assistance to households (Individual Assistance)

FEMA Individual Assistance to households in this jurisdiction, combined across the Housing Assistance owner and renter programs. Valid registrations are households that applied within a designated Individual Assistance area; approved counts and dollars are the households FEMA found eligible under the Individuals and Households Program. Figures are self-reported and drawn from NEMIS through OpenFEMA, not audited, and Individual Assistance exists only for disasters where it was designated, so many jurisdictions show none.

5
valid registrations
3
households approved
$26,189
total IHP approved
Assistance typeApproved amount
Other needs$26,189

State declarations (governor)

Emergency declarations issued by the governor of this state, which are separate from and usually precede a federal declaration. A declaration is listed here when NOAA Storm Events recorded reports of the matched hazard in this jurisdiction while the order was in effect. That is evidence of local impact during a declared state emergency. It is not a statement that the governor named this jurisdiction in the order, since most state declarations apply statewide and name no localities at all. Hazard categories come from the order text. Damage figures are NOAA storm report estimates for this jurisdiction only, not the cost of the declaration.

1
state declarations with local storm evidence
45
statewide on record

Archive coverage for Georgia: 2011-present structured Governor archives; Georgia Archives pre-2011 holdings require archival backfill

SignedOrderDeclarationHazards reported hereReported damage
Apr 13, 202004.13.20.01Declaring a State of Emergency due to extensive storm damage on April 12-13, 2020Thunderstorm Wind$2,000

Source: state executive order archives collected by DisasterData Plus, joined to NOAA Storm Events. See the Plus overview for per-state coverage and method.

Most common hazards

Every declaration on record

Major disaster (DR). The big one. Opens the full toolbox: repair money for public infrastructure, help for households, and mitigation funding to reduce the next loss.

Emergency (EM). Narrower and usually faster, for protective work before or during an incident. Capped, and rarely brings household assistance. Nearly every county has one from COVID-19.

Fire management (FM). Cost sharing to fight a wildfire as it burns. Not a disaster declaration, and it does not open recovery programs.

The totals above count complete fiscal years only. This list also includes one declaration made since Oct 1, 2026 (FY2027); it is added to the totals after that year ends on Sep 30, 2027.

Showing 9 declarations

DateNumberTypeHazardTitle
Oct 9, 2026EM-3657-GAEMTropical StormHurricane Isaias
Sep 26, 2024EM-3616-GAEMTropical StormHurricane Helene
Mar 29, 2020DR-4501-GADRBiologicalCovid-19 Pandemic
Mar 13, 2020EM-3464-GAEMBiologicalCovid-19
Oct 14, 2018DR-4400-GADRHurricaneHurricane Michael
Oct 10, 2018EM-3406-GAEMHurricaneHurricane Michael
Sep 15, 2017DR-4338-GADRHurricaneHurricane Irma
Sep 8, 2017EM-3387-GAEMHurricaneHurricane Irma
Sep 5, 2005EM-3218-GAEMHurricaneHurricane Katrina Evacuation
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How these numbers are built

Drawn from FEMA's OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries, rebuilt each week. A declaration is counted here once for each designated area it names, so a single disaster covering many localities is counted in each one. For that reason these jurisdiction counts do not sum to Georgia's statewide total. This page counts declarations that named this jurisdiction as a designated area. Totals cover complete fiscal years (Oct 1 to Sep 30). Declarations from the fiscal year still in progress are listed in the tables on this page but are not counted in the totals until the year is complete. Uses OpenFEMA data but is not endorsed by or affiliated with FEMA.

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