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Wood County, West Virginia

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

Total declarations
18
1967 to 2026
Tracked FEMA aid
$13.5M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Severe Storm
820 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.

Emergency Protective Measures$7.9M
Roads and Bridges$2.0M
Debris Removal$373K
Utilities$294K
Management Costs$250K
Buildings and Equipment$33K
Direct Administrative Costs$17K
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$4K
Total PA obligated$10.9M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations820
IHP / household aid$2.7M
Housing assistance$744K
Other needs assistance$1.9M
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 2020Wood County

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

DR-4517-WV · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$7.9MPA obligated
276Registrations
$1.5MHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Wood County

COVID-19

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

HURRICANE SANDY

EM-3358-WV · Oct 29, 2012 to Nov 8, 2012
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
StormJun 2012Wood County

SEVERE STORMS

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

FLOODING

DR-1096-WV · Jan 19, 1996 to Feb 2, 1996
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
IA, PAPrograms
FloodMar 1967Wood County

FLOODING

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

Disaster history context for Wood County

Wood County, West Virginia has 18 FEMA disaster declarations on record, spanning from 1967 to 2026. The dominant hazard type is severe storm, followed by flood. That is below the West Virginia average of 24 declarations per county. Total tracked FEMA obligations for this county exceed $13.5M, 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.