SEVERE STORMS, FLOODING, LANDSLIDES, AND MUDSLIDES

DR-4273-WV affected Clay County, West Virginia. This page rolls up the declaration record, assistance metrics, and public-assistance categories for that specific event.

Incident type

Flood

DR-4273-WV

Declared

Jun 25, 2016

Public assistance

$30.6M

Project obligations

Registrations

932

Tracked households

Aid breakdown

What FEMA records show for this declaration

Public assistance

Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$22.8M

Buildings and Equipment$4.7M

Debris Removal$1.7M

Utilities$1.0M

Emergency Protective Measures$298K

Roads and Bridges$78K

Total PA obligated$30.6M

Individual assistance

Owner-approved dollars$4.6M

Renter-approved dollars$217K

Intake IHP dollars$9.7M

Validated phase 2 dollars$9.7M

Tracked registrations932

About this declaration

What DR-4273-WV means

DR-4273-WV is a FEMA disaster declaration that affected Clay County, West Virginia, with an incident window starting Jun 22, 2016 through Jun 29, 2016. The declaration type is "DR," categorized as flood.

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 Clay County disaster history page, which shows all declarations, the dominant hazard pattern, decade-by-decade trends, and flood insurance context for the county.