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Essex County, Virginia

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

Total declarations
27
1969 to 2026
Tracked FEMA aid
$871K
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Hurricane
522 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.

Debris Removal$110K
Emergency Protective Measures$79K
Utilities$3K
Emergency Work Donated Resources$577
Total PA obligated$193K

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations522
IHP / household aid$679K
Housing assistance$343K
Other needs assistance$336K
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.

BiologicalApr 2020Essex County

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

DR-4512-VA · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$0PA obligated
29Registrations
$167KHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Essex County

COVID-19

EM-3448-VA · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
HurricaneNov 2012Essex County

HURRICANE SANDY

DR-4092-VA · Oct 26, 2012 to Nov 8, 2012
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneOct 2012Essex County

HURRICANE SANDY

EM-3359-VA · Oct 26, 2012 to Nov 1, 2012
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
HurricaneSep 2011Essex County

HURRICANE IRENE

DR-4024-VA · Aug 26, 2011 to Aug 28, 2011
$84KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneAug 2011Essex County

HURRICANE IRENE

EM-3329-VA · Aug 26, 2011 to Sep 4, 2011
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
HurricaneSep 2003Essex County

HURRICANE ISABEL

DR-1491-VA · Sep 18, 2003 to Oct 1, 2003
$105KPA obligated
493Registrations
$511KHousehold aid
IA, PA, HMPrograms
DroughtJul 1977Essex County

DROUGHT

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