DisasterLookup
DR-1135-VA · Major disaster declaration

Hurricane Fran and Associated Severe Storm Cond

Declared for Virginia on Sep 6, 1996, covering 88 designated areas. Households could apply to FEMA in 78 of them.

Sep 6, 1996declared
88areas designated
78open to household applications
$0public assistance obligated so far
Timeline

How this declaration unfolded

Incident periodSep 5, 1996 – Sep 23, 1996DeclaredSep 6, 1996Closed outJun 2, 2010

The incident period is the official window of the disaster. Damage generally has to fall inside it to qualify for FEMA help, and FEMA sometimes extends it, or adds counties and programs, as damage assessments come in.

What a major disaster declaration is

A major disaster declaration is the President's broadest disaster declaration. It is the only kind that can switch on the full set of FEMA programs, including help for individual households, rebuilding of public facilities and hazard mitigation. Which of those programs apply is decided area by area.

How declarations work →

Designated areas

Which programs each area got

IA means households could apply to FEMA. PA reimburses local governments. HM funds mitigation projects.

AreaProgramsHouseholds could apply until
Accomack CountyIA declaredPA not declaredHM not declaredYes
Albemarle CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
Alleghany CountyIA declaredPA not declaredHM not declaredYes
Amelia CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared—
Amherst CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
Appomattox CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
Augusta CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
Bath CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared—
Bedford CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared—
Botetourt CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
Brunswick CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
Buckingham CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared—
Buena Vista cityIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
Campbell CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
Charles City CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
Charlotte CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
Charlottesville cityIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
Chesterfield CountyIA declaredPA not declaredHM not declaredYes
Clarke CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
Culpeper CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
Cumberland CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
Danville cityIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
Dinwiddie CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared—
Emporia cityIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
Essex CountyIA declaredPA not declaredHM not declaredYes
Fauquier CountyIA declaredPA not declaredHM not declaredYes
Fluvanna CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared—
Franklin CountyIA declaredPA not declaredHM not declaredYes
Frederick CountyIA declaredPA not declaredHM not declaredYes
Fredericksburg cityIA declaredPA not declaredHM not declaredYes
Giles CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared—
Gloucester CountyIA declaredPA not declaredHM not declaredYes
Goochland CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared—
Greene CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
Greensville CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
Halifax CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
Hampton cityIA declaredPA not declaredHM not declaredYes
Harrisonburg cityIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
Henrico CountyIA declaredPA not declaredHM not declaredYes
Henry CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
Highland CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
Hopewell cityIA declaredPA not declaredHM not declaredYes
Isle of Wight CountyIA declaredPA not declaredHM not declaredYes
James City CountyIA declaredPA not declaredHM not declaredYes
King George CountyIA declaredPA not declaredHM not declaredYes
King William CountyIA declaredPA not declaredHM not declaredYes
King and Queen CountyIA declaredPA not declaredHM not declaredYes
Lancaster CountyIA declaredPA not declaredHM not declaredYes
Lexington cityIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
Louisa CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
Lunenburg CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
Lynchburg cityIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
Madison CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
Martinsville cityIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
Mathews CountyIA declaredPA not declaredHM not declaredYes
Mecklenburg CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
Middlesex CountyIA declaredPA not declaredHM not declaredYes
Montgomery CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
Nelson CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
New Kent CountyIA declaredPA not declaredHM not declaredYes
Newport News cityIA declaredPA not declaredHM not declaredYes
Northampton CountyIA declaredPA not declaredHM not declaredYes
Northumberland CountyIA declaredPA not declaredHM not declaredYes
Nottoway CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared—
Orange CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
Page CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
Pittsylvania CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
Poquoson cityIA declaredPA not declaredHM not declaredYes
Powhatan CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared—
Prince Edward CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
Prince George CountyIA declaredPA not declaredHM not declaredYes
Prince William CountyIA declaredPA not declaredHM not declaredYes
Rappahannock CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
Richmond CountyIA declaredPA not declaredHM not declaredYes
Roanoke CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
Rockbridge CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
Rockingham CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
Shenandoah CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
Stafford CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
Staunton cityIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
Suffolk cityIA declaredPA not declaredHM not declaredYes
Surry CountyIA declaredPA not declaredHM not declaredYes
Warren CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
Waynesboro cityIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
Westmoreland CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
Williamsburg cityIA declaredPA not declaredHM not declaredYes
York CountyIA declaredPA not declaredHM not declaredYes
BedfordIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes