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Chowan County, North Carolina

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

Total declarations
26
1968 to 2026
Tracked FEMA aid
$8.7M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Hurricane
3,381 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$3.0M
Utilities$1.6M
Emergency Protective Measures$570K
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$333K
Buildings and Equipment$275K
Roads and Bridges$223K
Management Costs$22K
Total PA obligated$6.0M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations3,381
IHP / household aid$2.7M
Housing assistance$1.2M
Other needs assistance$1.5M
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 2022Chowan County

HURRICANE IAN

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

HURRICANE ISAIAS

DR-4568-NC · Jul 31, 2020 to Aug 4, 2020
$102KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Chowan County

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

DR-4487-NC · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$6KPA obligated
48Registrations
$253KHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Chowan County

COVID-19

EM-3471-NC · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
HurricaneOct 2019Chowan County

HURRICANE DORIAN

DR-4465-NC · Sep 1, 2019 to Sep 9, 2019
$263KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneOct 2016Chowan County

HURRICANE MATTHEW

DR-4285-NC · Oct 4, 2016 to Oct 24, 2016
$510KPA obligated
219Registrations
$110KHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneAug 2011Chowan County

HURRICANE IRENE

DR-4019-NC · Aug 25, 2011 to Sep 1, 2011
$320KPA obligated
211Registrations
$126KHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneSep 2010Chowan County

HURRICANE EARL

EM-3314-NC · Sep 1, 2010 to Sep 4, 2010
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
HurricaneSep 2003Chowan County

HURRICANE ISABEL

DR-1490-NC · Sep 18, 2003 to Sep 26, 2003
$4.5MPA obligated
2,903Registrations
$2.2MHousehold aid
IA, PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneSep 1996Chowan County

HURRICANE FRAN

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