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Durham County, North Carolina

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

Total declarations
25
1977 to 2026
Tracked FEMA aid
$51.0M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Hurricane
1,034 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$41.7M
Debris Removal$5.6M
Utilities$192K
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$138K
Water Control Facilities$64K
Buildings and Equipment$62K
Management Costs$29K
Total PA obligated$47.8M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations1,034
IHP / household aid$3.2M
Housing assistance$269K
Other needs assistance$2.9M
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 2022Durham County

HURRICANE IAN

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

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

DR-4487-NC · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$40.7MPA obligated
512Registrations
$2.8MHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Durham County

COVID-19

EM-3471-NC · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
HurricaneSep 2003Durham County

HURRICANE ISABEL

DR-1490-NC · Sep 18, 2003 to Sep 26, 2003
$31KPA obligated
238Registrations
$115KHousehold aid
IAPrograms
HurricaneSep 1996Durham County

HURRICANE FRAN

DR-1134-NC · Sep 5, 1996 to Oct 21, 1996
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
IA, PAPrograms
TornadoeMay 1989Durham County

TORNADOES

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

DROUGHT

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