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Dare County, North Carolina

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

Total declarations
31
1988 to 2026
Tracked FEMA aid
$74.3M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Hurricane
5,985 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$34.0M
Debris Removal$16.9M
Emergency Protective Measures$11.0M
Utilities$3.2M
Buildings and Equipment$558K
Management Costs$258K
Roads and Bridges$217K
Water Control Facilities$27K
Total PA obligated$66.2M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations5,985
IHP / household aid$8.2M
Housing assistance$6.1M
Other needs assistance$2.1M
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.

StormSep 2024Dare County

HURRICANE HELENE

EM-3617-NC · Sep 25, 2024 to Dec 18, 2024
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
HurricaneOct 2022Dare County

HURRICANE IAN

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

HURRICANE ISAIAS

EM-3534-NC · Jul 31, 2020 to Aug 4, 2020
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Dare County

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

DR-4487-NC · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$372KPA obligated
15Registrations
$63KHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Dare County

COVID-19

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

HURRICANE DORIAN

DR-4465-NC · Sep 1, 2019 to Sep 9, 2019
$21.3MPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneSep 2018Dare County

HURRICANE FLORENCE

DR-4393-NC · Sep 7, 2018 to Sep 29, 2018
$3.5MPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneOct 2016Dare County

HURRICANE MATTHEW

DR-4285-NC · Oct 4, 2016 to Oct 24, 2016
$15.4MPA obligated
1,155Registrations
$1.5MHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneAug 2011Dare County

HURRICANE IRENE

DR-4019-NC · Aug 25, 2011 to Sep 1, 2011
$7.1MPA obligated
3,058Registrations
$5.6MHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneAug 2011Dare County

HURRICANE IRENE

EM-3327-NC · Aug 25, 2011 to Sep 1, 2011
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
HurricaneSep 2010Dare County

HURRICANE EARL

EM-3314-NC · Sep 1, 2010 to Sep 4, 2010
$91KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
HurricaneOct 2005Dare County

HURRICANE OPHELIA

DR-1608-NC · Sep 11, 2005 to Sep 17, 2005
$24KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneSep 2005Dare County

HURRICANE OPHELIA

EM-3254-NC · Sep 11, 2005 to Sep 17, 2005
$43KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
HurricaneSep 2003Dare County

HURRICANE ISABEL

DR-1490-NC · Sep 18, 2003 to Sep 26, 2003
$15.7MPA obligated
1,757Registrations
$1.0MHousehold aid
IA, PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneSep 1999Dare County

HURRICANE DENNIS

DR-1291-NC · Aug 29, 1999 to Sep 11, 1999
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
IA, HMPrograms
HurricaneSep 1999Dare County

HURRICANE DENNIS

EM-3141-NC · Aug 29, 1999 to Sep 11, 1999
$524KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
HurricaneAug 1998Dare County

HURRICANE BONNIE

DR-1240-NC · Aug 20, 1998 to Sep 1, 1998
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
IA, PA, HMPrograms