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Franklin County, North Carolina

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

Total declarations
23
1977 to 2026
Tracked FEMA aid
$3.1M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Hurricane
147 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.

Utilities$1.8M
Debris Removal$759K
Emergency Protective Measures$213K
Buildings and Equipment$79K
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$5K
Roads and Bridges$4K
Management Costs$1K
Total PA obligated$2.9M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations147
IHP / household aid$259K
Housing assistance$47K
Other needs assistance$212K
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 2022Franklin County

HURRICANE IAN

EM-3586-NC · Sep 28, 2022 to Oct 4, 2022
$20KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Franklin County

COVID-19

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

HURRICANE ISABEL

DR-1490-NC · Sep 18, 2003 to Sep 26, 2003
$343KPA obligated
111Registrations
$86KHousehold aid
IA, PA, HMPrograms
DroughtAug 1977Franklin County

DROUGHT

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

Disaster history context for Franklin County

Franklin County, North Carolina has 23 FEMA disaster declarations on record, spanning from 1977 to 2026. The dominant hazard type is hurricane, followed by snowstorm. That is close to the North Carolina average of 24 declarations per county. Total tracked FEMA obligations for this county exceed $3.1M, split between public infrastructure repair and individual household assistance.

Public assistance covers debris removal, emergency protective measures, and infrastructure repair managed through FEMA project obligations. Individual assistance includes housing aid, other-needs grants, and validated registrations reported through the IHP datasets. These figures reflect what FEMA's open datasets report — actual disbursements to individuals and local agencies may differ from the obligation totals shown here.