Swain County, North Carolina

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

Swain County recorded 13 federal disaster and emergency declarations since FY2000 (through FY2025): 4 major disasters, 7 emergencies, and 2 fire-management declarations. Its most common hazard is hurricane.

Declarations since FY2000

Major disasters (DR)

Emergencies (EM)

Fire management (FM)

Jan 2026

Most recent

$1.6M

Federal PA obligated (top: parks and recreation)

The federal disaster record for Swain County runs between 2004 and 2025, covering 13 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 $1.6 million in Public Assistance funding to the jurisdiction, most of it for parks and recreation.

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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
Parks and recreation(G)	9	$1,365,350
Buildings and equipment(E)	3	$100,204
Emergency protective measures(B)	15	$68,825
Roads and bridges(C)	1	$39,508
Debris removal(A)	6	$21,964
Utilities(F)	3	$8,292
Management costs(Z)	1	$2,342
All categories	38	$1,606,485

Most common hazards

Hurricane 6
Biological 2
Tropical Storm 2
Fire 2
Severe 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 Swain County, sourced to OpenFEMA and refreshed weekly. Copy it straight into your plan.

Hazard	Date	FEMA declaration	Type
Fire	Apr 20, 2025	FM-5580-NC	FM
Fire	Mar 26, 2025	FM-5577-NC	FM
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
Severe Storm	May 8, 2020	DR-4543-NC	DR
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	Sep 5, 2005	EM-3222-NC	EM
Hurricane	Sep 18, 2004	DR-1553-NC	DR

Every declaration on record

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

Showing 13 declarations

Date	Number	Type	Hazard	Title
Apr 20, 2025	FM-5580-NC	FM	Fire	Sam Davis Road Fire
Mar 26, 2025	FM-5577-NC	FM	Fire	Alarka Fire
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
May 8, 2020	DR-4543-NC	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Storms, Tornadoes, And Flooding
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
Sep 5, 2005	EM-3222-NC	EM	Hurricane	Hurricane Katrina Evacuation
Sep 18, 2004	DR-1553-NC	DR	Hurricane	Hurricane Ivan

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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.