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Chester County, South Carolina

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

Total declarations
23
1977 to 2026
Tracked FEMA aid
$4.0M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Hurricane
2,567 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.

Emergency Protective Measures$307K
Roads and Bridges$169K
Debris Removal$68K
Utilities$45K
Management Costs$835
Total PA obligated$589K

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations2,567
IHP / household aid$3.4M
Housing assistance$1.9M
Other needs assistance$1.5M
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.

HurricaneSep 2024Chester County

HURRICANE HELENE

DR-4829-SC · Sep 25, 2024 to Oct 7, 2024
$154KPA obligated
2,493Registrations
$3.1MHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneNov 2022Chester County

HURRICANE IAN

DR-4677-SC · Sep 25, 2022 to Oct 4, 2022
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneSep 2022Chester County

HURRICANE IAN

EM-3585-SC · Sep 25, 2022 to Oct 4, 2022
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Chester County

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

DR-4492-SC · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$195KPA obligated
49Registrations
$286KHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Chester County

COVID-19

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

HURRICANE IRMA

DR-4346-SC · Sep 6, 2017 to Sep 13, 2017
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneSep 1989Chester County

HURRICANE HUGO

DR-843-SC · Sep 21, 1989 to Sep 22, 1989
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
IA, PAPrograms
DroughtAug 1977Chester County

DROUGHT

EM-3047-SC · Aug 4, 1977
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
About this county

Disaster history context for Chester County

Chester County, South Carolina has 23 FEMA disaster declarations on record, spanning from 1977 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 $4.0M, 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.