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Kanawha County, West Virginia

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

Total declarations
34
1967 to 2026
Tracked FEMA aid
$697.8M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Severe Storm
9,120 registrations tracked
Most recent event
DR-3639
Jan 24, 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.

Buildings and Equipment$301.3M
Emergency Protective Measures$180.9M
Roads and Bridges$111.4M
Debris Removal$46.9M
Section 324 Management Costs$10.3M
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$5.3M
Utilities$4.7M
Management Costs$3.2M
Total PA obligated$664.0M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations9,120
IHP / household aid$33.8M
Housing assistance$23.3M
Other needs assistance$10.5M
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 2020Kanawha County

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

DR-4517-WV · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$136.3MPA obligated
704Registrations
$3.9MHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Kanawha County

COVID-19

EM-3450-WV · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
ChemicalJan 2014Kanawha County

CHEMICAL SPILL

EM-3366-WV · Jan 9, 2014 to Jan 20, 2014
$1.4MPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
HurricaneNov 2012Kanawha County

HURRICANE SANDY

DR-4093-WV · Oct 29, 2012 to Nov 8, 2012
$12.2MPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
StormJun 2012Kanawha County

SEVERE STORMS

EM-3345-WV · Jun 29, 2012 to Jul 10, 2012
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
FloodMar 1967Kanawha County

FLOODING

DR-224-WV · Mar 13, 1967
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
IA, PAPrograms