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Webster County, West Virginia

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

Total declarations
23
1980 to 2026
Tracked FEMA aid
$7.1M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Severe Storm
736 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.

Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$1.8M
Debris Removal$1.5M
Emergency Protective Measures$287K
Buildings and Equipment$255K
Roads and Bridges$203K
Utilities$143K
Total PA obligated$4.3M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations736
IHP / household aid$2.8M
Housing assistance$2.4M
Other needs assistance$429K
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 2020Webster County

COVID-19

EM-3450-WV · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
HurricaneNov 2012Webster County

HURRICANE SANDY

DR-4093-WV · Oct 29, 2012 to Nov 8, 2012
$950KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
StormJun 2012Webster County

SEVERE STORMS

EM-3345-WV · Jun 29, 2012 to Jul 10, 2012
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
FloodJan 1996Webster County

FLOODING

DR-1096-WV · Jan 19, 1996 to Feb 2, 1996
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
IA, PAPrograms
About this county

Disaster history context for Webster County

Webster County, West Virginia has 23 FEMA disaster declarations on record, spanning from 1980 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 $7.1M, 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.