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Columbus County, North Carolina

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

Total declarations
29
1977 to 2026
Tracked FEMA aid
$30.4M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Hurricane
18,249 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.

Emergency Protective Measures$3.5M
Debris Removal$2.1M
Buildings and Equipment$1.4M
Water Control Facilities$994K
Roads and Bridges$506K
Utilities$368K
Management Costs$196K
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$154K
Total PA obligated$9.1M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations18,249
IHP / household aid$21.3M
Housing assistance$13.4M
Other needs assistance$8.0M
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 2022Columbus County

HURRICANE IAN

EM-3586-NC · Sep 28, 2022 to Oct 4, 2022
$24KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Columbus County

COVID-19

EM-3471-NC · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
HurricaneAug 2011Columbus County

HURRICANE IRENE

DR-4019-NC · Aug 25, 2011 to Sep 1, 2011
$81KPA obligated
960Registrations
$215KHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
DroughtAug 1977Columbus County

DROUGHT

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