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McDowell County, West Virginia

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

Total declarations
27
1972 to 2026
Tracked FEMA aid
$35.5M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Severe Storm
4,826 registrations tracked
Most recent event
DR-3639
Jan 24, 2026
Cross-link

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The same county on FloodZoneMap.org covers flood-zone context, map interpretation, and related flood insurance questions that sit adjacent to this disaster-history page.

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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$2.9M
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$2.5M
Roads and Bridges$2.4M
Buildings and Equipment$2.4M
Emergency Protective Measures$1.1M
Debris Removal$718K
Water Control Facilities$269K
Management Costs$108K
Total PA obligated$12.3M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations4,826
IHP / household aid$23.2M
Housing assistance$18.5M
Other needs assistance$4.7M
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.

BiologicalMar 2020McDowell County

COVID-19

EM-3450-WV · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
About this county

Disaster history context for McDowell County

McDowell County, West Virginia has 27 FEMA disaster declarations on record, spanning from 1972 to 2026. The dominant hazard type is severe storm, followed by flood. That is close to the West Virginia average of 24 declarations per county. Total tracked FEMA obligations for this county exceed $35.5M, 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.