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Catawba County, North Carolina

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

Total declarations
21
1977 to 2026
Tracked FEMA aid
$18.0M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Hurricane
6,323 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.

Roads and Bridges$4.1M
Emergency Protective Measures$3.6M
Debris Removal$1.0M
Utilities$997K
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$285K
Buildings and Equipment$83K
Management Costs$39K
Water Control Facilities$22K
Total PA obligated$10.2M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations6,323
IHP / household aid$7.8M
Housing assistance$1.9M
Other needs assistance$5.9M
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 2022Catawba County

HURRICANE IAN

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

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

DR-4487-NC · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$3.0MPA obligated
546Registrations
$2.7MHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Catawba County

COVID-19

EM-3471-NC · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
WinterFeb 1996Catawba County

WINTER STORM

DR-1103-NC · Feb 2, 1996 to Feb 9, 1996
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
HurricaneSep 1989Catawba County

HURRICANE HUGO

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

TORNADOES

DR-827-NC · May 5, 1989 to May 6, 1989
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
IAPrograms
DroughtAug 1977Catawba County

DROUGHT

EM-3049-NC · Aug 11, 1977
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms