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Wake County, North Carolina

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

Total declarations
26
1968 to 2026
Tracked FEMA aid
$1.6B
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Hurricane
4,871 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$1.3B
Roads and Bridges$111.9M
Debris Removal$103.9M
Management Costs$45.3M
Section 324 Management Costs$13.4M
Water Control Facilities$9.4M
Buildings and Equipment$4.2M
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$3.3M
Total PA obligated$1.6B

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations4,871
IHP / household aid$8.8M
Housing assistance$2.2M
Other needs assistance$6.6M
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 2024Wake County

HURRICANE HELENE

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

HURRICANE IAN

EM-3586-NC · Sep 28, 2022 to Oct 4, 2022
$135KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
HurricaneAug 2020Wake County

HURRICANE ISAIAS

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

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

DR-4487-NC · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$1.3BPA obligated
1,070Registrations
$5.9MHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Wake County

COVID-19

EM-3471-NC · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
HurricaneOct 2016Wake County

HURRICANE MATTHEW

DR-4285-NC · Oct 4, 2016 to Oct 24, 2016
$147.2MPA obligated
951Registrations
$610KHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneSep 2003Wake County

HURRICANE ISABEL

DR-1490-NC · Sep 18, 2003 to Sep 26, 2003
$20.0MPA obligated
481Registrations
$436KHousehold aid
IA, PAPrograms
WinterDec 2002Wake County

SEVERE ICE STORM

DR-1448-NC · Dec 4, 2002 to Dec 6, 2002
$43.8MPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneSep 1996Wake County

HURRICANE FRAN

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

BLIZZARD OF 96

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

DROUGHT

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