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McDowell County, North Carolina

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

Total declarations
21
1973 to 2026
Tracked FEMA aid
$48.6M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Hurricane
12,927 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$7.0M
Utilities$2.5M
Buildings and Equipment$1.8M
Roads and Bridges$1.8M
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$732K
Management Costs$308K
Debris Removal$266K
Water Control Facilities$96K
Total PA obligated$14.6M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations12,927
IHP / household aid$34.0M
Housing assistance$19.2M
Other needs assistance$14.9M
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.

BiologicalMar 2020McDowell County

COVID-19

EM-3471-NC · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
HurricaneSep 2004McDowell County

HURRICANE IVAN

DR-1553-NC · Sep 16, 2004 to Sep 23, 2004
$35KPA obligated
150Registrations
$272KHousehold aid
IA, PA, HMPrograms