Franklin County, North Carolina

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

Franklin County recorded 14 federal disaster and emergency declarations since FY2000 (through FY2025): 5 major disasters, 9 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

$608K

Federal PA obligated (top: debris removal)

The federal disaster record for Franklin County runs between 2000 and 2024, covering 14 declarations in all. Its most recent major disaster declaration was Covid-19 Pandemic in 2020. The hazards behind these declarations were most often hurricane, biological, and tropical storm. Since 2000, FEMA has obligated $607,976 in Public Assistance funding to the jurisdiction, most of it for debris removal.

Highlighted: Franklin County, NC

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
Debris removal(A)	13	$364,270
Emergency protective measures(B)	15	$107,340
Utilities(F)	5	$105,664
Buildings and equipment(E)	3	$28,173
Roads and bridges(C)	1	$1,730
Parks and recreation(G)	1	$800
All categories	38	$607,977

Most common hazards

Hurricane 8
Biological 2
Tropical Storm 2
Severe Storm 1
Severe Ice Storm 1

Previous occurrences, for your mitigation plan

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

Hazard	Date	FEMA declaration	Type
Tropical Storm	Sep 26, 2024	EM-3617-NC	EM
Tropical Storm	Aug 6, 2024	EM-3608-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
Hurricane	Oct 10, 2016	DR-4285-NC	DR
Hurricane	Oct 7, 2016	EM-3380-NC	EM
Hurricane	Sep 5, 2005	EM-3222-NC	EM
Hurricane	Sep 18, 2003	DR-1490-NC	DR
Severe Ice Storm	Dec 12, 2002	DR-1448-NC	DR
Severe Storm	Jan 31, 2000	DR-1312-NC	DR

Every declaration on record

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

Showing 14 declarations

Date	Number	Type	Hazard	Title
Sep 26, 2024	EM-3617-NC	EM	Tropical Storm	Hurricane Helene
Aug 6, 2024	EM-3608-NC	EM	Tropical Storm	Tropical Storm Debby
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 10, 2016	DR-4285-NC	DR	Hurricane	Hurricane Matthew
Oct 7, 2016	EM-3380-NC	EM	Hurricane	Hurricane Matthew
Sep 5, 2005	EM-3222-NC	EM	Hurricane	Hurricane Katrina Evacuation
Sep 18, 2003	DR-1490-NC	DR	Hurricane	Hurricane Isabel
Dec 12, 2002	DR-1448-NC	DR	Severe Ice Storm	Severe Ice Storm
Jan 31, 2000	DR-1312-NC	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Winter 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.