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Powhatan County, Virginia

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

Total declarations
24
1969 to 2026
Tracked FEMA aid
$280K
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Hurricane
247 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$62K
Emergency Protective Measures$45K
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$19K
Buildings and Equipment$7K
Utilities$3K
Total PA obligated$137K

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations247
IHP / household aid$144K
Housing assistance$58K
Other needs assistance$85K
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 2020Powhatan County

COVID-19

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

HURRICANE ISABEL

DR-1491-VA · Sep 18, 2003 to Oct 1, 2003
$99KPA obligated
238Registrations
$93KHousehold aid
IA, PA, HMPrograms
DroughtJul 1977Powhatan County

DROUGHT

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

DROUGHT

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

Disaster history context for Powhatan County

Powhatan County, Virginia has 24 FEMA disaster declarations on record, spanning from 1969 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 $280K, 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.