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Berkeley County, South Carolina

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

Total declarations
30
1989 to 2026
Tracked FEMA aid
$95.1M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Hurricane
9,037 registrations tracked
Most recent event
DR-3632
Jan 23, 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.

Utilities$46.2M
Emergency Protective Measures$18.0M
Debris Removal$9.3M
Water Control Facilities$7.8M
Buildings and Equipment$2.1M
Roads and Bridges$1.5M
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$1.4M
Management Costs$1.2M
Total PA obligated$87.4M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations9,037
IHP / household aid$7.8M
Housing assistance$5.8M
Other needs assistance$1.9M
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.

HurricaneNov 2022Berkeley County

HURRICANE IAN

DR-4677-SC · Sep 25, 2022 to Oct 4, 2022
$7.0MPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Berkeley County

COVID-19

EM-3470-SC · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
HurricaneOct 2017Berkeley County

HURRICANE IRMA

DR-4346-SC · Sep 6, 2017 to Sep 13, 2017
$1.7MPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
About this county

Disaster history context for Berkeley County

Berkeley County, South Carolina has 30 FEMA disaster declarations on record, spanning from 1989 to 2026. The dominant hazard type is hurricane, followed by severe storm. That is close to the South Carolina average of 26 declarations per county. Total tracked FEMA obligations for this county exceed $95.1M, split between public infrastructure repair and individual household assistance.

Public assistance covers debris removal, emergency protective measures, and infrastructure repair managed through FEMA project obligations. Individual assistance includes housing aid, other-needs grants, and validated registrations reported through the IHP datasets. These figures reflect what FEMA's open datasets report — actual disbursements to individuals and local agencies may differ from the obligation totals shown here.