Putnam County, Tennessee

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

Putnam County recorded 11 federal disaster and emergency declarations since FY2000 (through FY2025): 8 major disasters, 3 emergencies, and 0 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

$9.9M

Federal PA obligated (top: debris removal)

The federal disaster record for Putnam County runs between 2005 and 2025, covering 11 declarations in all. Its most recent major disaster declaration was Severe Winter Storm in 2023. The hazards behind these declarations were most often severe storm, severe ice storm, and biological. Since 2000, FEMA has obligated about $9.9 million in Public Assistance funding to the jurisdiction, most of it for debris removal.

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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
Debris removal(A)	21	$4,770,763
Emergency protective measures(B)	35	$1,788,075
Utilities(F)	24	$1,652,278
Roads and bridges(C)	53	$891,555
Buildings and equipment(E)	19	$739,039
Management costs(Z)	7	$53,689
Parks and recreation(G)	4	$37,140
All categories	163	$9,932,539

Most common hazards

Severe Storm 4
Severe Ice Storm 2
Biological 2
Tornado 1
Winter Storm 1
Hurricane 1

Previous occurrences, for your mitigation plan

Every local hazard mitigation plan must document previous occurrences of each hazard. Here is that record for Putnam 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
Winter Storm	Mar 8, 2023	DR-4691-TN	DR
Severe Ice Storm	Apr 21, 2021	DR-4594-TN	DR
Biological	Apr 2, 2020	DR-4514-TN	DR
Biological	Mar 13, 2020	EM-3473-TN	EM
Tornado	Mar 5, 2020	DR-4476-TN	DR
Severe Storm	Jun 23, 2017	DR-4320-TN	DR
Severe Ice Storm	Apr 2, 2015	DR-4211-TN	DR
Severe Storm	Sep 15, 2010	DR-1937-TN	DR
Severe Storm	May 4, 2010	DR-1909-TN	DR
Hurricane	Sep 5, 2005	EM-3217-TN	EM

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
Mar 8, 2023	DR-4691-TN	DR	Winter Storm	Severe Winter Storm
Apr 21, 2021	DR-4594-TN	DR	Severe Ice Storm	Severe Winter Storms
Apr 2, 2020	DR-4514-TN	DR	Biological	Covid-19 Pandemic
Mar 13, 2020	EM-3473-TN	EM	Biological	Covid-19
Mar 5, 2020	DR-4476-TN	DR	Tornado	Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, And Flooding
Jun 23, 2017	DR-4320-TN	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, And Flooding
Apr 2, 2015	DR-4211-TN	DR	Severe Ice Storm	Severe Winter Storm And Flooding
Sep 15, 2010	DR-1937-TN	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Storms And Flooding
May 4, 2010	DR-1909-TN	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Storms, Flooding, Straight-Line Winds, And Tornadoes
Sep 5, 2005	EM-3217-TN	EM	Hurricane	Hurricane 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 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.