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Galax city, Virginia

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

Total declarations
16
1972 to 2026
Tracked FEMA aid
$1.7M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Winter Storm
1,189 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.

Roads and Bridges$372K
Utilities$79K
Emergency Protective Measures$37K
Debris Removal$28K
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$26K
Management Costs$7K
Emergency Work Donated Resources$3K
Total PA obligated$551K

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations1,189
IHP / household aid$1.1M
Housing assistance$349K
Other needs assistance$797K
NFIP claims paid$3K
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 2020Galax city

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

DR-4512-VA · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$0PA obligated
61Registrations
$333KHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Galax city

COVID-19

EM-3448-VA · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
HurricaneSep 2018Galax city

HURRICANE FLORENCE

EM-3403-VA · Sep 13, 2018 to Sep 21, 2018
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
HurricaneOct 2012Galax city

HURRICANE SANDY

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