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Accomack County, Virginia

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

Total declarations
20
1972 to 2026
Tracked FEMA aid
$4.9M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Hurricane
380 registrations tracked
Most recent event
DR-3631
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$1.9M
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$1.1M
Debris Removal$605K
Emergency Protective Measures$311K
Buildings and Equipment$55K
Roads and Bridges$18K
Section 324 Management Costs$11K
Emergency Work Donated Resources$9K
Total PA obligated$4.0M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations380
IHP / household aid$895K
Housing assistance$243K
Other needs assistance$652K
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.

BiologicalMar 2020Accomack County

COVID-19

EM-3448-VA · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
HurricaneSep 2003Accomack County

HURRICANE ISABEL

DR-1491-VA · Sep 18, 2003 to Oct 1, 2003
$635KPA obligated
300Registrations
$385KHousehold aid
IA, PA, HMPrograms
About this county

Disaster history context for Accomack County

Accomack County, Virginia has 20 FEMA disaster declarations on record, spanning from 1972 to 2026. The dominant hazard type is hurricane, followed by snowstorm. That is close to the Virginia average of 20 declarations per county. Total tracked FEMA obligations for this county exceed $4.9M, 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.