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Chatham County, North Carolina

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

Total declarations
22
1977 to 2026
Tracked FEMA aid
$1.2M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Hurricane
181 registrations tracked
Most recent event
DR-3637
Jan 24, 2026
Cross-link

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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.

Emergency Protective Measures$341K
Debris Removal$224K
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$104K
Buildings and Equipment$68K
Roads and Bridges$61K
Utilities$13K
Management Costs$13K
Total PA obligated$824K

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations181
IHP / household aid$358K
Housing assistance$112K
Other needs assistance$247K
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 2022Chatham County

HURRICANE IAN

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

COVID-19

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

HURRICANE FRAN

DR-1134-NC · Sep 5, 1996 to Oct 21, 1996
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
IA, PAPrograms
DroughtAug 1977Chatham County

DROUGHT

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