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Richmond city, Virginia

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

Total declarations
20
1972 to 2026
Tracked FEMA aid
$433.0M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Hurricane
8,177 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$321.9M
Debris Removal$43.0M
Utilities$23.2M
Roads and Bridges$19.0M
Management Costs$13.1M
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$2.4M
Buildings and Equipment$864K
Water Control Facilities$609K
Total PA obligated$424.1M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations8,177
IHP / household aid$8.8M
Housing assistance$3.9M
Other needs assistance$5.0M
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 2020Richmond city

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

DR-4512-VA · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$309.2MPA obligated
547Registrations
$3.1MHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Richmond city

COVID-19

EM-3448-VA · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
HurricaneSep 2011Richmond city

HURRICANE IRENE

DR-4024-VA · Aug 26, 2011 to Aug 28, 2011
$17.1MPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneAug 2011Richmond city

HURRICANE IRENE

EM-3329-VA · Aug 26, 2011 to Sep 4, 2011
$25KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
HurricaneSep 2003Richmond city

HURRICANE ISABEL

DR-1491-VA · Sep 18, 2003 to Oct 1, 2003
$34.9MPA obligated
5,053Registrations
$2.0MHousehold aid
IA, PA, HMPrograms
About this county

Disaster history context for Richmond city

Richmond city, Virginia has 20 FEMA disaster declarations on record, spanning from 1972 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 $433.0M, 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.