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Yancey County, North Carolina

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

Total declarations
23
1977 to 2026
Tracked FEMA aid
$84.0M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Hurricane
7,453 registrations tracked
Most recent event
DR-3637
Jan 24, 2026
Cross-link

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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.

Debris Removal$25.0M
Emergency Protective Measures$7.8M
Buildings and Equipment$2.7M
Utilities$2.5M
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$2.5M
Management Costs$398K
Water Control Facilities$388K
Roads and Bridges$251K
Total PA obligated$41.6M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations7,453
IHP / household aid$42.5M
Housing assistance$28.6M
Other needs assistance$13.9M
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.

HurricaneOct 2022Yancey County

HURRICANE IAN

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

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

DR-4487-NC · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$137KPA obligated
20Registrations
$127KHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Yancey County

COVID-19

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

HURRICANE IVAN

DR-1553-NC · Sep 16, 2004 to Sep 23, 2004
$280KPA obligated
397Registrations
$627KHousehold aid
IA, PA, HMPrograms
WinterFeb 1996Yancey County

WINTER STORM

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