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Sussex County, Virginia

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

Total declarations
18
1972 to 2026
Tracked FEMA aid
$4.0M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Hurricane
787 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$2.9M
Debris Removal$382K
Emergency Protective Measures$225K
Buildings and Equipment$10K
Emergency Work Donated Resources$4K
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$695
Total PA obligated$3.5M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations787
IHP / household aid$493K
Housing assistance$250K
Other needs assistance$244K
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 2020Sussex County

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

DR-4512-VA · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$0PA obligated
15Registrations
$97KHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Sussex County

COVID-19

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

HURRICANE IRENE

DR-4024-VA · Aug 26, 2011 to Aug 28, 2011
$1.2MPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneSep 2003Sussex County

HURRICANE ISABEL

DR-1491-VA · Sep 18, 2003 to Oct 1, 2003
$2.0MPA obligated
772Registrations
$396KHousehold aid
IA, PA, HMPrograms
DroughtJul 1977Sussex County

DROUGHT

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

Disaster history context for Sussex County

Sussex County, Virginia has 18 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 $4.0M, 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.