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Wythe County, Virginia

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

Total declarations
18
1976 to 2026
Tracked FEMA aid
$8.2M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Severe Storm
649 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$4.5M
Emergency Protective Measures$1.1M
Management Costs$332K
Debris Removal$8K
Buildings and Equipment$7K
Total PA obligated$5.9M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations649
IHP / household aid$2.3M
Housing assistance$1.4M
Other needs assistance$910K
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 2020Wythe County

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

DR-4512-VA · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$58KPA obligated
64Registrations
$325KHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Wythe County

COVID-19

EM-3448-VA · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
HurricaneOct 2012Wythe County

HURRICANE SANDY

EM-3359-VA · Oct 26, 2012 to Nov 1, 2012
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
DroughtOct 1976Wythe County

DROUGHT

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

Disaster history context for Wythe County

Wythe County, Virginia has 18 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 $8.2M, 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.