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Amherst County, Virginia

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

Total declarations
23
1969 to 2026
Tracked FEMA aid
$210K
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Hurricane
25 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.

Emergency Protective Measures$57K
Utilities$54K
Debris Removal$11K
Buildings and Equipment$790
Total PA obligated$124K

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations25
IHP / household aid$87K
Housing assistance$614
Other needs assistance$86K
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 2020Amherst County

COVID-19

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

HURRICANE ISABEL

DR-1491-VA · Sep 18, 2003 to Oct 1, 2003
$4KPA obligated
6Registrations
$729Household aid
IA, PA, HMPrograms
DroughtJul 1977Amherst County

DROUGHT

EM-3046-VA · Jul 23, 1977
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
DroughtOct 1976Amherst County

DROUGHT

EM-3018-VA · Oct 15, 1976
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms