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U.S. Virgin Islands: Federal Disaster Declarations
U.S. Virgin Islands has recorded 11 major disaster declarations since FY2000 (through FY2026), the federal government's fullest response to an event. Alongside those sit 9 emergency declarations and 0 fire management declarations, 20 in all. Its most common hazard is hurricane. It ranks #52 nationally by major disasters.
Totals: FY2000 to FY2026 · Page last rebuilt Oct 25, 2026 · the current in-progress fiscal year is not included in totals
Federal Public Assistance obligated
$21.5B has been obligated to U.S. Virgin Islands in Public Assistance since FY2000.
$21.4B followed major disasters other than COVID-19. $2M followed emergency declarations, which cover debris removal and emergency protective work only. $140M, or 1% of the total, was COVID-19, which every state and county in the country received.
Obligated is the committed share, not necessarily spent, and can be revised as projects close out. Totals are summed from funded localities, so a declaration administered entirely at state level may not appear here.
Most common hazards
- Hurricane 11
- Severe Storm 3
- Tropical Storm 2
- Other 2
- Biological 2
All declarations on record
Major disaster (DR). The big one. Opens the full toolbox: repair money for public infrastructure, help for households, and mitigation funding to reduce the next loss.
Emergency (EM). Narrower and usually faster, for protective work before or during an incident. Capped, and rarely brings household assistance. Nearly every state and county has one from COVID-19.
Fire management (FM). Cost sharing to fight a wildfire as it burns. Not a disaster declaration, and it does not open recovery programs.
DR = Major disaster (Stafford Act) · EM = Emergency declaration · FM = Fire management assistance
Showing 20 declarations
| Date | Number | Type | Hazard | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 25, 2024 | DR-4841-VI | DR | Tropical Storm | Tropical Storm Ernesto |
| Aug 18, 2024 | EM-3611-VI | EM | Tropical Storm | Tropical Storm Ernesto |
| Nov 18, 2023 | EM-3603-VI | EM | Other | Elevated Levels Of Lead And Copper In The Water Supply |
| Jul 25, 2022 | EM-3581-VI | EM | Other | Water Shortage And Health Impact From Unprecedented Sargassum Seagrass Influx |
| Jul 29, 2020 | EM-3531-VI | EM | Hurricane | Potential Tropical Cyclone Nine |
| Apr 2, 2020 | DR-4513-VI | DR | Biological | Covid-19 Pandemic |
| Mar 13, 2020 | EM-3433-VI | EM | Biological | Covid-19 |
| Aug 28, 2019 | EM-3418-VI | EM | Hurricane | Hurricane Dorian |
| Sep 20, 2017 | DR-4340-VI | DR | Hurricane | Hurricane Maria |
| Sep 18, 2017 | EM-3390-VI | EM | Hurricane | Hurricane Maria |
| Sep 7, 2017 | DR-4335-VI | DR | Hurricane | Hurricane Irma |
| Sep 5, 2017 | EM-3383-VI | EM | Hurricane | Hurricane Irma |
| Nov 24, 2010 | DR-1949-VI | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Flooding, Rockslides, And Mudslides Assoc. With Ts Tomas |
| Nov 5, 2010 | DR-1948-VI | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Flooding, Mudslides, And Landslides |
| Sep 28, 2010 | DR-1939-VI | DR | Hurricane | Hurricane Earl |
| Oct 29, 2008 | DR-1807-VI | DR | Hurricane | Hurricane Omar |
| Oct 7, 2004 | DR-1567-VI | DR | Hurricane | Tropical Storm Jeanne |
| Dec 9, 2003 | DR-1503-VI | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, And Mudslides |
| Nov 23, 1999 | DR-1309-VI | DR | Hurricane | Hurricane Lenny Major Declaration |
| Nov 17, 1999 | EM-3152-VI | EM | Hurricane | Hurricane Lenny |
Individual Assistance to households
FEMA Individual Assistance to households across U.S. Virgin Islands, combined across the Housing Assistance owner and renter programs. Valid registrations are households that applied within a designated Individual Assistance area; approved figures are those FEMA found eligible under the Individuals and Households Program. Self-reported, drawn from NEMIS through OpenFEMA, and present only where Individual Assistance was designated.
| Assistance type | Approved amount |
|---|---|
| Repair and replacement | $37M |
| Rental assistance | $23M |
| Other needs | $26M |
Hazard mitigation funded
Federal Hazard Mitigation Assistance obligated across U.S. Virgin Islands to reduce future disaster losses, by program. Figures are federal share obligated, reported through OpenFEMA and not audited.
| Program | Projects | Federal share obligated |
|---|---|---|
| Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) | 163 | $237M |
| Pre-Disaster Mitigation (PDM) | 9 | $13M |
| Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA) | 1 | $45K |
Denied requests
No declaration requests from U.S. Virgin Islands were turned down in complete fiscal years through FY2026.
How these numbers are built
Every figure is drawn from FEMA's OpenFEMA datasets: the Disaster Declarations Summaries for declarations and the Declaration Denials dataset for turndowns, rebuilt automatically each week. A "declaration" is one unique combination of declaration type (DR / EM / FM), disaster number, and state, so a single disaster affecting five states counts as five declarations. Years are federal fiscal years (Oct 1 to Sep 30). Totals, ranks, and rates on this page cover complete fiscal years only. Declarations from the fiscal year still in progress are listed in each state's declaration tables and its recent-declarations panel, but are not counted in any total until the year is complete. Uses OpenFEMA data but is not endorsed by or affiliated with FEMA.