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Avery County, North Carolina

County-level FEMA declaration history, assistance rollups, and flood insurance context for Avery County.

Total declarations
22
1977 to 2026
Tracked FEMA aid
$91.5M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Hurricane
5,751 registrations tracked
Most recent event
DR-3637
Jan 24, 2026
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Federal spending

Public + individual assistance structure

Public assistance totals come from FEMA project-level obligations. Individual assistance totals prioritize the validated or intake totals without double counting both sources together.

Public assistance

Infrastructure repair, debris removal, emergency measures, and related project obligations.

Debris Removal$48.0M
Emergency Protective Measures$5.0M
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$4.9M
Buildings and Equipment$4.4M
Utilities$3.8M
Roads and Bridges$2.8M
Water Control Facilities$165K
Management Costs$93K
Total PA obligated$69.1M

Individual assistance

Registrations, housing assistance, and other-needs dollars surfaced through the FEMA assistance datasets.

Tracked registrations5,751
IHP / household aid$22.4M
Housing assistance$14.1M
Other needs assistance$8.3M
NFIP claims paid$0
Timeline

Every declaration on record for this county

Ordered newest to oldest so recent search intent is handled first, without losing the long historical tail.

HurricaneOct 2022Avery County

HURRICANE IAN

EM-3586-NC · Sep 28, 2022 to Oct 4, 2022
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Avery County

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

DR-4487-NC · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$678KPA obligated
9Registrations
$26KHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Avery County

COVID-19

EM-3471-NC · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
HurricaneSep 2004Avery County

HURRICANE IVAN

DR-1553-NC · Sep 16, 2004 to Sep 23, 2004
$1.0MPA obligated
795Registrations
$1.4MHousehold aid
IA, PA, HMPrograms
WinterJan 1996Avery County

BLIZZARD OF 96

DR-1087-NC · Jan 6, 1996 to Jan 12, 1996
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
HurricaneSep 1989Avery County

HURRICANE HUGO

DR-844-NC · Sep 21, 1989 to Sep 22, 1989
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
IA, PAPrograms