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Fairfax (city), Virginia

Name: Fairfax (city), Virginia FEMA disaster declarations
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Fairfax (city) recorded 12 federal disaster and emergency declarations since FY2000 (through FY2025): 9 major disasters, 3 emergencies, and 0 fire-management declarations. Its most common hazard is hurricane.

Highlighted: Fairfax (city), VA

Totals: FY2000–FY2025 · Page last rebuilt Sep 12, 2026 · the current in-progress fiscal year is not included in totals

Declarations since FY2000

Major disasters (DR)

Emergencies (EM)

Fire management (FM)

Jan 2026

Most recent

$2K

Federal PA obligated (top: emergency protective measures)

The federal disaster record for Fairfax (city) runs between 2000 and 2020, covering 12 declarations in all. Its most recent major disaster declaration was Covid-19 Pandemic in 2020. The hazards behind these declarations were most often hurricane, severe storm, and snowstorm. Since 2000, FEMA has obligated $1,525 in Public Assistance funding to the jurisdiction, most of it for emergency protective measures.

Risk and vulnerability context

Historical declarations show what has happened here. These national datasets add context about underlying natural-hazard risk and community vulnerability.

County FIPS 51600

CDC / ATSDR

Social Vulnerability Index

2022 county-level SVI

35.5

overall percentile nationally

Approximately 35.5% of U.S. counties have an equal or lower overall SVI ranking.

Socioeconomic status14.1

Household characteristics11.2

Racial and ethnic minority status85.1

Housing type and transportation81.1

Higher percentiles indicate greater relative social vulnerability within the CDC SVI framework. CDC SVI documentation

FEMA

National Risk Index

December 2025

5.3

overall risk score

Very Low

Expected annual loss$4.8MVery Low

NRI social vulnerability10.6Very Low

Community resilience75.8Relatively High

The NRI combines expected annual loss, social vulnerability, and community resilience to describe relative natural-hazard risk. FEMA NRI documentation

About these measures: CDC Social Vulnerability Index and FEMA National Risk Index Social Vulnerability are separate measures built with different methods. They are shown side by side for context and should not be interpreted as equivalent scores.

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
Emergency protective measures(B)	1	$1,525
All categories	1	$1,525

Recovery funding, how fast it came

For each disaster, the wait from the declaration to the first federal obligation (amber), then the federal share obligating after that (teal), on a shared 1-year scale. Typical wait to the first obligation here: about 169 days. An obligation is the federal share committed to the recipient state, not funds disbursed to the locality, which comes later and is not shown.

Severe Winter Storms And Snowstorms 2010$2K

169 days to first federal obligation

Declared1 yr

Most common hazards

Hurricane 4
Severe Storm 3
Snowstorm 3
Biological 2

Previous occurrences, for your mitigation plan

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

Hazard	Date	FEMA declaration	Type
Biological	Apr 2, 2020	DR-4512-VA	DR
Biological	Mar 13, 2020	EM-3448-VA	EM
Snowstorm	Mar 7, 2016	DR-4262-VA	DR
Hurricane	Nov 26, 2012	DR-4092-VA	DR
Hurricane	Oct 29, 2012	EM-3359-VA	EM
Severe Storm	Jul 27, 2012	DR-4072-VA	DR
Snowstorm	Apr 27, 2010	DR-1905-VA	DR
Snowstorm	Feb 16, 2010	DR-1874-VA	DR
Hurricane	Sep 12, 2005	EM-3240-VA	EM
Hurricane	Sep 18, 2003	DR-1491-VA	DR
Severe Storm	Mar 27, 2003	DR-1458-VA	DR
Severe Storm	Feb 28, 2000	DR-1318-VA	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
Apr 2, 2020	DR-4512-VA	DR	Biological	Covid-19 Pandemic
Mar 13, 2020	EM-3448-VA	EM	Biological	Covid-19
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
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
Sep 12, 2005	EM-3240-VA	EM	Hurricane	Hurricane Katrina Evacuation
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
Feb 28, 2000	DR-1318-VA	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Winter Storms

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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 Virginia's statewide total. Independent cities are counted separately from the counties around them, matching how FEMA designates them. 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.

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