Catawba County, North Carolina

Name: Catawba County, North Carolina FEMA disaster declarations
Creator: Disaster Data

Catawba County recorded 12 federal disaster and emergency declarations since FY2000 (through FY2025): 5 major disasters, 7 emergencies, and 0 fire-management declarations. Its most common hazard is hurricane.

Declarations since FY2000

Major disasters (DR)

Emergencies (EM)

Fire management (FM)

Jan 2026

Most recent

$10.8M

Federal PA obligated (top: roads and bridges)

The federal disaster record for Catawba County runs between 2002 and 2024, covering 12 declarations in all. Its most recent major disaster declaration was Tropical Storm Helene in 2024. The hazards behind these declarations were most often hurricane, biological, and tropical storm. Since 2000, FEMA has obligated about $10.8 million in Public Assistance funding to the jurisdiction, most of it for roads and bridges.

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Federal Public Assistance by category

Federal share obligated to this jurisdiction under FEMA Public Assistance since 2000, grouped by damage category. Figures are rounded to the nearest dollar and reflect obligations, which may change as projects close out.

Category	Projects	Federal share obligated
Roads and bridges(C)	24	$4,123,966
Emergency protective measures(B)	29	$3,375,650
Utilities(F)	21	$1,810,230
Debris removal(A)	24	$1,011,165
Parks and recreation(G)	4	$285,434
Buildings and equipment(E)	7	$91,852
Management costs(Z)	6	$39,286
Water control facilities(D)	1	$22,500
All categories	116	$10,760,083

Most common hazards

Hurricane 6
Biological 2
Tropical Storm 2
Severe Ice Storm 1
Flood 1

Previous occurrences, for your mitigation plan

Every local hazard mitigation plan must document previous occurrences of each hazard. Here is that record for Catawba County, sourced to OpenFEMA and refreshed weekly. Copy it straight into your plan.

Hazard	Date	FEMA declaration	Type
Tropical Storm	Sep 28, 2024	DR-4827-NC	DR
Tropical Storm	Sep 26, 2024	EM-3617-NC	EM
Hurricane	Oct 1, 2022	EM-3586-NC	EM
Hurricane	Aug 2, 2020	EM-3534-NC	EM
Biological	Mar 25, 2020	DR-4487-NC	DR
Biological	Mar 13, 2020	EM-3471-NC	EM
Hurricane	Sep 3, 2019	EM-3423-NC	EM
Hurricane	Sep 10, 2018	EM-3401-NC	EM
Flood	Oct 29, 2013	DR-4153-NC	DR
Hurricane	Sep 5, 2005	EM-3222-NC	EM
Hurricane	Sep 10, 2004	DR-1546-NC	DR
Severe Ice Storm	Dec 12, 2002	DR-1448-NC	DR

Every declaration on record

DR = Major disaster (Stafford Act) · EM = Emergency declaration · FM = Fire management assistance

Showing 12 declarations

Date	Number	Type	Hazard	Title
Sep 28, 2024	DR-4827-NC	DR	Tropical Storm	Tropical Storm Helene
Sep 26, 2024	EM-3617-NC	EM	Tropical Storm	Hurricane Helene
Oct 1, 2022	EM-3586-NC	EM	Hurricane	Hurricane Ian
Aug 2, 2020	EM-3534-NC	EM	Hurricane	Hurricane Isaias
Mar 25, 2020	DR-4487-NC	DR	Biological	Covid-19 Pandemic
Mar 13, 2020	EM-3471-NC	EM	Biological	Covid-19
Sep 3, 2019	EM-3423-NC	EM	Hurricane	Hurricane Dorian
Sep 10, 2018	EM-3401-NC	EM	Hurricane	Hurricane Florence
Oct 29, 2013	DR-4153-NC	DR	Flood	Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, Mudslides
Sep 5, 2005	EM-3222-NC	EM	Hurricane	Hurricane Katrina Evacuation
Sep 10, 2004	DR-1546-NC	DR	Hurricane	Tropical Storm Frances
Dec 12, 2002	DR-1448-NC	DR	Severe Ice Storm	Severe Ice Storm

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How these numbers are built

Drawn from FEMA's OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries, rebuilt each week. A declaration is counted here once for each designated area it names, so a single disaster covering many localities is counted in each one. For that reason these jurisdiction counts do not sum to North Carolina's statewide total. This page counts declarations that named this jurisdiction as a designated area. Totals cover complete fiscal years (Oct 1 to Sep 30); the in-progress year may appear in the most-recent list but is not counted in the totals. Uses OpenFEMA data but is not endorsed by or affiliated with FEMA.