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Lee County, North Carolina

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

Total declarations
23
1968 to 2026
Tracked FEMA aid
$11.8M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Hurricane
1,307 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$6.7M
Emergency Protective Measures$1.4M
Debris Removal$1.2M
Buildings and Equipment$291K
Management Costs$259K
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$65K
Roads and Bridges$16K
Total PA obligated$10.0M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations1,307
IHP / household aid$1.8M
Housing assistance$935K
Other needs assistance$890K
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 2024Lee County

HURRICANE HELENE

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

HURRICANE IAN

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

HURRICANE ISAIAS

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

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

DR-4487-NC · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$195KPA obligated
82Registrations
$449KHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Lee County

COVID-19

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

HURRICANE DORIAN

EM-3423-NC · Sep 1, 2019 to Sep 9, 2019
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
HurricaneSep 2018Lee County

HURRICANE FLORENCE

DR-4393-NC · Sep 7, 2018 to Sep 29, 2018
$5.4MPA obligated
368Registrations
$244KHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneOct 2016Lee County

HURRICANE MATTHEW

DR-4285-NC · Oct 4, 2016 to Oct 24, 2016
$1.5MPA obligated
225Registrations
$173KHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneOct 2016Lee County

HURRICANE MATTHEW

EM-3380-NC · Oct 4, 2016 to Oct 24, 2016
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
WinterDec 2002Lee County

SEVERE ICE STORM

DR-1448-NC · Dec 4, 2002 to Dec 6, 2002
$781KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneSep 1996Lee County

HURRICANE FRAN

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

BLIZZARD OF 96

DR-1087-NC · Jan 6, 1996 to Jan 12, 1996
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
DroughtAug 1977Lee County

DROUGHT

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