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Swain County, North Carolina

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

Total declarations
17
1993 to 2026
Tracked FEMA aid
$2.4M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Hurricane
696 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.

Buildings and Equipment$100K
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$91K
Emergency Protective Measures$60K
Roads and Bridges$40K
Debris Removal$22K
Utilities$8K
Management Costs$2K
Total PA obligated$324K

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations696
IHP / household aid$2.1M
Housing assistance$1.1M
Other needs assistance$1.0M
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 2022Swain County

HURRICANE IAN

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

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

DR-4487-NC · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$7KPA obligated
9Registrations
$36KHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Swain County

COVID-19

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

HURRICANE IVAN

DR-1553-NC · Sep 16, 2004 to Sep 23, 2004
$31KPA obligated
42Registrations
$111KHousehold aid
IA, PA, HMPrograms
WinterJan 1996Swain County

BLIZZARD OF 96

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