Blount County, Tennessee

Name: Blount County, Tennessee FEMA disaster declarations
Creator: Disaster Data

Blount County recorded 11 federal disaster and emergency declarations since FY2000 (through FY2025): 7 major disasters, 3 emergencies, and 1 fire-management declarations. Its most common hazard is severe storm.

Declarations since FY2000

Major disasters (DR)

Emergencies (EM)

Fire management (FM)

Feb 2026

Most recent

$9.2M

Federal PA obligated (top: emergency protective measures)

The federal disaster record for Blount County runs between 2002 and 2025, covering 11 declarations in all. Its most recent major disaster declaration was Covid-19 Pandemic in 2020. The hazards behind these declarations were most often severe storm, biological, and severe ice storm. Since 2000, FEMA has obligated about $9.2 million in Public Assistance funding to the jurisdiction, most of it for emergency protective measures.

Highlighted: Blount County, TN

Federal Public Assistance by category

Federal share obligated to this jurisdiction under FEMA Public Assistance since 2000, grouped by damage category. Figures are rounded to the nearest dollar and reflect obligations, which may change as projects close out.

Category	Projects	Federal share obligated
Emergency protective measures(B)	16	$6,335,820
Debris removal(A)	17	$1,135,143
Utilities(F)	10	$1,066,950
Roads and bridges(C)	26	$410,574
Buildings and equipment(E)	12	$194,463
Parks and recreation(G)	3	$7,426
Water control facilities(D)	1	$4,348
Management costs(Z)	1	$1,000
All categories	86	$9,155,724

Most common hazards

Severe Storm 5
Biological 2
Severe Ice Storm 1
Flood 1
Hurricane 1
Fire 1

Previous occurrences, for your mitigation plan

Every local hazard mitigation plan must document previous occurrences of each hazard. Here is that record for Blount County, sourced to OpenFEMA and refreshed weekly. Copy it straight into your plan.

Hazard	Date	FEMA declaration	Type
Severe Storm	Apr 2, 2025	EM-3625-TN	EM
Biological	Apr 2, 2020	DR-4514-TN	DR
Biological	Mar 13, 2020	EM-3473-TN	EM
Flood	Apr 17, 2019	DR-4427-TN	DR
Severe Storm	Jun 23, 2017	DR-4320-TN	DR
Fire	Nov 19, 2016	FM-5165-TN	FM
Severe Ice Storm	Apr 2, 2015	DR-4211-TN	DR
Severe Storm	May 1, 2011	DR-1974-TN	DR
Hurricane	Sep 5, 2005	EM-3217-TN	EM
Severe Storm	May 8, 2003	DR-1464-TN	DR
Severe Storm	Apr 5, 2002	DR-1408-TN	DR

Every declaration on record

DR = Major disaster (Stafford Act) · EM = Emergency declaration · FM = Fire management assistance

Showing 11 declarations

Date	Number	Type	Hazard	Title
Apr 2, 2025	EM-3625-TN	EM	Severe Storm	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, And Flooding
Apr 2, 2020	DR-4514-TN	DR	Biological	Covid-19 Pandemic
Mar 13, 2020	EM-3473-TN	EM	Biological	Covid-19
Apr 17, 2019	DR-4427-TN	DR	Flood	Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, And Mudslides
Jun 23, 2017	DR-4320-TN	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, And Flooding
Nov 19, 2016	FM-5165-TN	FM	Fire	East Miller Cove Fire
Apr 2, 2015	DR-4211-TN	DR	Severe Ice Storm	Severe Winter Storm And Flooding
May 1, 2011	DR-1974-TN	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, And Associated Flooding
Sep 5, 2005	EM-3217-TN	EM	Hurricane	Hurricane Katrina Evacuation
May 8, 2003	DR-1464-TN	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Storms, Tornadoes, And Flooding
Apr 5, 2002	DR-1408-TN	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Storms And Flooding

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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 Tennessee'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); the in-progress year may appear in the most-recent list but is not counted in the totals. Uses OpenFEMA data but is not endorsed by or affiliated with FEMA.