TROPICAL STORM HELENE

DR-4831-VA affected Wise County, Virginia. This page rolls up the declaration record, assistance metrics, and public-assistance categories for that specific event.

Incident type

Tropical Storm

DR-4831-VA

Declared

Oct 1, 2024

Public assistance

$1.2M

Project obligations

Registrations

381

Tracked households

Aid breakdown

What FEMA records show for this declaration

Public assistance

Emergency Protective Measures$544K

Debris Removal$518K

Management Costs$46K

Utilities$21K

Roads and Bridges$21K

Buildings and Equipment$9K

Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$5K

Total PA obligated$1.2M

Individual assistance

Owner-approved dollars$311K

Renter-approved dollars$52K

Intake IHP dollars$725K

Validated phase 2 dollars$728K

Tracked registrations381

About this declaration

What DR-4831-VA means

DR-4831-VA is a FEMA disaster declaration that affected Wise County, Virginia, with an incident window starting Sep 25, 2024 through Oct 3, 2024. The declaration type is "DR," categorized as tropical storm.

When FEMA issues a declaration, it can authorize Individual Assistance (IA), Public Assistance (PA), or Hazard Mitigation (HM) programs — or any combination. IA covers direct aid to households: housing repairs, rental assistance, and other needs. PA funds infrastructure repair and emergency protective measures managed by local governments and nonprofits. The dollar figures on this page reflect what FEMA's open datasets report as obligated, which may differ from final disbursements.

This declaration is one entry in the broader Wise County disaster history page, which shows all declarations, the dominant hazard pattern, decade-by-decade trends, and flood insurance context for the county.