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Russell County, Virginia

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

Total declarations
21
1976 to 2026
Tracked FEMA aid
$2.5M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Severe Storm
1,217 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$412K
Emergency Protective Measures$353K
Roads and Bridges$49K
Buildings and Equipment$25K
Debris Removal$14K
Emergency Work Donated Resources$10K
Management Costs$8K
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$3K
Total PA obligated$875K

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations1,217
IHP / household aid$1.6M
Housing assistance$930K
Other needs assistance$650K
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 2020Russell County

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

DR-4512-VA · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$128KPA obligated
48Registrations
$272KHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Russell County

COVID-19

EM-3448-VA · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
DroughtOct 1976Russell County

DROUGHT

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

Disaster history context for Russell County

Russell County, Virginia has 21 FEMA disaster declarations on record, spanning from 1976 to 2026. The dominant hazard type is severe storm, followed by snowstorm. That is close to the Virginia average of 20 declarations per county. Total tracked FEMA obligations for this county exceed $2.5M, 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.