DisasterLookup
DR-4262-VA · Major disaster declaration

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

Declared for Virginia on Mar 7, 2016, covering 30 designated areas. Households could apply to FEMA in 0 of them.

Mar 7, 2016declared
30areas designated
0open to household applications
$13.8Mpublic assistance obligated so far
Timeline

How this declaration unfolded

Incident periodJan 22, 2016 – Jan 23, 2016DeclaredMar 7, 2016Closed outMay 14, 2025

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
Albemarle CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Alexandria cityIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Arlington CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Caroline CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Clarke CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Culpeper CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Fairfax CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Fairfax cityIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Falls Church cityIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Fauquier CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Frederick CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Fredericksburg cityIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Greene CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Henrico CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Highland CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
King George CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Loudoun CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Louisa CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Madison CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Manassas Park cityIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Manassas cityIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Page CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Patrick CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Prince William CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Rappahannock CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Shenandoah CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Spotsylvania CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Stafford CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Warren CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Winchester cityIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—

Same event, other declarations

DeclaredDeclarationWhereHazardAreasHouseholds can apply?
Mar 4, 2016Severe Winter Storm and SnowstormDR-4261-MD · Major disasterMaryland Snowstorm19No
Mar 14, 2016Severe Winter Storm and SnowstormDR-4264-NJ · Major disasterNew Jersey Severe Storm17No
Mar 16, 2016Severe Winter Storm and SnowstormDR-4265-DE · Major disasterDelaware Snowstorm1No
Mar 23, 2016Severe Winter Storm and SnowstormDR-4267-PA · Major disasterPennsylvania Snowstorm23No