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Watauga County, North Carolina

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

Total declarations
24
1973 to 2026
Tracked FEMA aid
$83.1M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Hurricane
8,328 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.

Roads and Bridges$14.9M
Emergency Protective Measures$10.7M
Utilities$9.7M
Debris Removal$8.9M
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$2.7M
Buildings and Equipment$1.6M
Water Control Facilities$1.1M
Management Costs$819K
Total PA obligated$50.5M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations8,328
IHP / household aid$32.6M
Housing assistance$19.6M
Other needs assistance$13.0M
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 2022Watauga County

HURRICANE IAN

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

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

DR-4487-NC · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$3.5MPA obligated
86Registrations
$463KHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Watauga County

COVID-19

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

HURRICANE IVAN

DR-1553-NC · Sep 16, 2004 to Sep 23, 2004
$195KPA obligated
392Registrations
$558KHousehold aid
IA, PA, HMPrograms
WinterFeb 1996Watauga County

WINTER STORM

DR-1103-NC · Feb 2, 1996 to Feb 9, 1996
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
HurricaneSep 1989Watauga County

HURRICANE HUGO

DR-844-NC · Sep 21, 1989 to Sep 22, 1989
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
IA, PAPrograms