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Bedford County, Virginia

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

Total declarations
28
1969 to 2026
Tracked FEMA aid
$558K
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Severe Storm
129 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$100K
Debris Removal$51K
Emergency Protective Measures$34K
Management Costs$978
Emergency Work Donated Resources$608
Buildings and Equipment$267
Total PA obligated$187K

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations129
IHP / household aid$371K
Housing assistance$40K
Other needs assistance$331K
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 2020Bedford County

COVID-19

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

HURRICANE ISABEL

DR-1491-VA · Sep 18, 2003 to Oct 1, 2003
$17KPA obligated
8Registrations
$6KHousehold aid
IA, PA, HMPrograms
DroughtJul 1977Bedford County

DROUGHT

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

DROUGHT

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

Disaster history context for Bedford County

Bedford County, Virginia has 28 FEMA disaster declarations on record, spanning from 1969 to 2026. The dominant hazard type is severe storm, followed by hurricane. That is above the Virginia average of 20 declarations per county. Total tracked FEMA obligations for this county exceed $558K, 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.