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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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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