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Brunswick County, North Carolina

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

Total declarations
35
1984 to 2026
Tracked FEMA aid
$158.9M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Hurricane
12,753 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.

Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$43.7M
Utilities$30.4M
Emergency Protective Measures$27.7M
Debris Removal$21.6M
Water Control Facilities$15.2M
Roads and Bridges$4.2M
Management Costs$3.6M
Buildings and Equipment$2.6M
Total PA obligated$149.1M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations12,753
IHP / household aid$9.8M
Housing assistance$7.6M
Other needs assistance$2.2M
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.

BiologicalMar 2020Brunswick County

COVID-19

EM-3471-NC · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
HurricaneSep 2003Brunswick County

HURRICANE ISABEL

DR-1490-NC · Sep 18, 2003 to Sep 26, 2003
$198KPA obligated
516Registrations
$427KHousehold aid
IA, PA, HMPrograms
About this county

Disaster history context for Brunswick County

Brunswick County, North Carolina has 35 FEMA disaster declarations on record, spanning from 1984 to 2026. The dominant hazard type is hurricane, followed by severe storm. That is above the North Carolina average of 24 declarations per county. Total tracked FEMA obligations for this county exceed $158.9M, split between public infrastructure repair and individual household assistance.

Public assistance covers debris removal, emergency protective measures, and infrastructure repair managed through FEMA project obligations. Individual assistance includes housing aid, other-needs grants, and validated registrations reported through the IHP datasets. These figures reflect what FEMA's open datasets report — actual disbursements to individuals and local agencies may differ from the obligation totals shown here.