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Richland County, South Carolina

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

Total declarations
26
1977 to 2026
Tracked FEMA aid
$498.5M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Hurricane
44,452 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$263.0M
Debris Removal$121.6M
Utilities$49.2M
Roads and Bridges$15.9M
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$6.0M
Water Control Facilities$3.5M
Buildings and Equipment$1.4M
Management Costs$154K
Total PA obligated$460.8M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations44,452
IHP / household aid$37.7M
Housing assistance$21.8M
Other needs assistance$15.9M
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.

HurricaneSep 2024Richland County

HURRICANE HELENE

DR-4829-SC · Sep 25, 2024 to Oct 7, 2024
$84.2MPA obligated
22,721Registrations
$12.0MHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneNov 2022Richland County

HURRICANE IAN

DR-4677-SC · Sep 25, 2022 to Oct 4, 2022
$2.6MPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Richland County

COVID-19

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

HURRICANE IRMA

DR-4346-SC · Sep 6, 2017 to Sep 13, 2017
$4.3MPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
DroughtAug 1977Richland County

DROUGHT

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