SEVERE STORMS, FLOODING, LANDSLIDES, AND MUDSLIDES

DR-4756-WV affected Kanawha County, West Virginia. This page rolls up the declaration record, assistance metrics, and public-assistance categories for that specific event.

Incident type

Flood

DR-4756-WV

Declared

Jan 30, 2024

Public assistance

$3.8M

Project obligations

Registrations

274

Tracked households

Aid breakdown

What FEMA records show for this declaration

Public assistance

Utilities$1.4M

Buildings and Equipment$1.3M

Management Costs$418K

Roads and Bridges$375K

Debris Removal$145K

Emergency Protective Measures$90K

Emergency Work Donated Resources$14K

Total PA obligated$3.8M

Individual assistance

Owner-approved dollars$1.6M

Renter-approved dollars$10K

Intake IHP dollars$3.3M

Validated phase 2 dollars$3.3M

Tracked registrations274

About this declaration

What DR-4756-WV means

DR-4756-WV is a FEMA disaster declaration that affected Kanawha County, West Virginia, with an incident window starting Aug 28, 2023 through Aug 30, 2023. 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 Kanawha County disaster history page, which shows all declarations, the dominant hazard pattern, decade-by-decade trends, and flood insurance context for the county.