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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
Cross-link

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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