Virginia: Federal Disaster Declarations

Name: Virginia FEMA disaster declarations (FY2000 to FY2025)
Creator: Disaster Data

Virginia has recorded 46 federal disaster and emergency declarations since FY2000 (through FY2025): 32 major disasters, 7 emergencies, and 7 fire-management declarations. Its most common hazard is severe storm. It ranks #31 nationally by total declarations.

Declarations since FY2000

Major disasters (DR)

Emergencies (EM)

Fire management (FM)

Requests denied

11.5%

Denial rate

#31

National rank by declarations

27.4

Avg days to a decision

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Most common hazards

Severe Storm 17
Hurricane 10
Fire 8
Snowstorm 3
Tropical Storm 2
Biological 2
Flood 1
Severe Ice Storm 1

All declarations on record

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

Showing 46 declarations

Date	Number	Type	Hazard	Title
Apr 4, 2025	DR-4863-VA	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Winter Storms And Flooding
Oct 1, 2024	DR-4831-VA	DR	Tropical Storm	Tropical Storm Helene
Sep 29, 2024	EM-3621-VA	EM	Tropical Storm	Post-Tropical Cyclone Helene
Sep 30, 2022	DR-4674-VA	DR	Severe Storm	Flooding And Mudslides
Mar 11, 2022	DR-4644-VA	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Winter Storm And Snowstorm
Oct 26, 2021	DR-4628-VA	DR	Flood	Flooding, Landslides, And Mudslides
May 10, 2021	DR-4602-VA	DR	Severe Ice Storm	Severe Winter Storms
Apr 2, 2020	DR-4512-VA	DR	Biological	Covid-19 Pandemic
Mar 13, 2020	EM-3448-VA	EM	Biological	Covid-19
Dec 18, 2018	DR-4411-VA	DR	Hurricane	Tropical Storm Michael
Oct 15, 2018	DR-4401-VA	DR	Hurricane	Hurricane Florence
Sep 11, 2018	EM-3403-VA	EM	Hurricane	Hurricane Florence
Nov 2, 2016	DR-4291-VA	DR	Hurricane	Hurricane Matthew
Mar 7, 2016	DR-4262-VA	DR	Snowstorm	Severe Winter Storm And Snowstorm
Nov 26, 2012	DR-4092-VA	DR	Hurricane	Hurricane Sandy
Oct 29, 2012	EM-3359-VA	EM	Hurricane	Hurricane Sandy
Jul 27, 2012	DR-4072-VA	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Storms And Straight-Line Winds
Nov 17, 2011	DR-4045-VA	DR	Severe Storm	The Remnants Of Tropical Storm Lee
Nov 4, 2011	DR-4042-VA	DR	Earthquake	Earthquake
Sep 3, 2011	DR-4024-VA	DR	Hurricane	Hurricane Irene
Aug 26, 2011	EM-3329-VA	EM	Hurricane	Hurricane Irene
Feb 20, 2011	FM-2861-VA	FM	Fire	Coffman Fire
Feb 20, 2011	FM-2860-VA	FM	Fire	Smith Fire
Apr 27, 2010	DR-1905-VA	DR	Snowstorm	Severe Winter Storms And Snowstorms
Feb 16, 2010	DR-1874-VA	DR	Snowstorm	Severe Winter Storm And Snowstorm
Dec 9, 2009	DR-1862-VA	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Storms And Flooding Associated With Tropical Depression Ida And A Nor'East
Sep 22, 2006	DR-1661-VA	DR	Severe Storm	Tropical Depression Ernesto, Severe Storms And Flooding
Jul 13, 2006	DR-1655-VA	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Storms, Tornadoes, And Flooding
Apr 15, 2006	FM-2637-VA	FM	Fire	Bull Mountain Fire
Sep 12, 2005	EM-3240-VA	EM	Hurricane	Hurricane Katrina Evacuation
Oct 18, 2004	DR-1570-VA	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Storms And Flooding From The Remanants Of Hurricane Jeanne
Sep 3, 2004	DR-1544-VA	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Storms, Flooding And Tornadoes Associated W Td Gaston
Jun 15, 2004	DR-1525-VA	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Storms, Tornadoes, And Flooding
Dec 9, 2003	DR-1502-VA	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Storms And Flooding
Sep 18, 2003	DR-1491-VA	DR	Hurricane	Hurricane Isabel
Mar 27, 2003	DR-1458-VA	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Winter Storm, Record/Near Record Snowfall, Heavy Rain,Floodind, And Mudslide
May 5, 2002	DR-1411-VA	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Storms, Tornadoes, And Flooding
Apr 2, 2002	DR-1406-VA	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Storms And Flooding
Feb 28, 2002	FM-2397-VA	FM	Fire	Va - Fultz Run Fire - 02-28-2002
Nov 20, 2001	FM-2394-VA	FM	Fire	Va - Heard Mountain Fire Complex - 11/20/2001
Nov 20, 2001	FM-2393-VA	FM	Fire	Va - Shenandoah Gap Fire Complex - 11/20/01
Nov 16, 2001	FM-2390-VA	FM	Fire	Va - Far Southwest Fire Complex - 11/16/2001
Sep 21, 2001	DR-1392-VA	DR	Terrorist	Fires And Explosions
Sep 12, 2001	EM-3168-VA	EM	Fire	Fires And Explosions
Jul 12, 2001	DR-1386-VA	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Storms And Flooding
Feb 28, 2000	DR-1318-VA	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Winter Storms

Denied requests

FEMA turned down 6 declaration requests from Virginia since FY2000, a denial rate of 11.5%. Denials are tracked in a separate FEMA dataset from approved declarations.

Date	Type	Hazard
Jan 15, 2021	Emergency	Other
Mar 25, 2016	Major Disaster	Tornado
Oct 8, 2011	Major Disaster	Severe Storm
Apr 18, 2011	Major Disaster	Severe Storm
Jan 13, 2009	Emergency	Other
Aug 23, 2002	Major Disaster	Drought

Declarations not attributed to a specific locality

1 declaration in Virginia applied statewide, or to areas FEMA did not tie to a single county or equivalent, such as wildfire management zones. They are included in the state totals above but do not appear on any individual jurisdiction page.

Date	Number	Type	Hazard	Title
Sep 11, 2018	EM-3403-VA	EM	Hurricane	Hurricane Florence

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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 on this page cover complete fiscal years only; the current 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.