Franklin County recorded 10 federal disaster and emergency declarations since FY2000 (through FY2025): 7 major disasters, 3 emergencies, and 0 fire-management declarations. Its most common hazard is hurricane.
Highlighted: Franklin County, VA
Totals: FY2000–FY2025 · Page last rebuilt Sep 12, 2026 · the current in-progress fiscal year is not included in totals
10
Declarations since FY2000
7
Major disasters (DR)
3
Emergencies (EM)
0
Fire management (FM)
Jan 2026
Most recent
$1.1M
Federal PA obligated (top: emergency protective measures)
The federal disaster record for Franklin County runs between 2000 and 2025, covering 10 declarations in all. Its most recent major disaster declaration was Severe Winter Storms And Flooding in 2025. The hazards behind these declarations were most often hurricane, severe storm, and biological. Since 2000, FEMA has obligated about $1.1 million 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 51067
CDC / ATSDR
Social Vulnerability Index
2022 county-level SVI
32.1
overall percentile nationally
Approximately 32.1% of U.S. counties have an equal or lower overall SVI ranking.
Socioeconomic status22.8
Household characteristics19.1
Racial and ethnic minority status38.5
Housing type and transportation70.3
Higher percentiles indicate greater relative social vulnerability within the CDC SVI framework. CDC SVI documentation
FEMA
National Risk Index
December 2025
42.7
overall risk score
Very Low
Expected annual loss$11.0MVery Low
NRI social vulnerability64.5Relatively High
Community resilience33.9Relatively Low
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)
18
$448,113
Debris removal(A)
7
$200,460
Water control facilities(D)
2
$135,973
Parks and recreation(G)
4
$133,311
Utilities(F)
2
$74,063
Buildings and equipment(E)
5
$50,531
Roads and bridges(C)
2
$33,838
Management costs(Z)
9
$25,886
All categories
49
$1,102,175
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 8-year scale. Typical wait to the first obligation here: about 148 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 Flooding 2025$564K
193 days to first federal obligation
Severe Winter Storms 2021$19K
190 days to first federal obligation
Covid-19 Pandemic 2020$258K
168 days to first federal obligation
Tropical Storm Michael 2018$188K
105 days to first federal obligation
Hurricane Florence 2018$36K
128 days to first federal obligation
Severe Storms And Straight-Line Winds 2012$38K
84 days to first federal obligation
Declared1 yr2 yr3 yr4 yr5 yr6 yr7 yr8 yr
Assistance to households (Individual Assistance)
FEMA Individual Assistance to households in this jurisdiction, combined across the Housing Assistance owner and renter programs. Valid registrations are households that applied within a designated Individual Assistance area; approved counts and dollars are the households FEMA found eligible under the Individuals and Households Program. Figures are self-reported and drawn from NEMIS through OpenFEMA, not audited, and Individual Assistance exists only for disasters where it was designated, so many jurisdictions show none.
708
valid registrations
314
households approved
$1,077,403
total IHP approved
Assistance type
Approved amount
Repair and replacement
$191,410
Rental assistance
$63,219
Other needs
$822,278
Hazard mitigation, what has been funded here
Federal Hazard Mitigation Assistance obligated to this jurisdiction to reduce future disaster losses, across the FEMA mitigation programs. This is the record of past mitigation investment a local hazard mitigation plan documents. Figures are federal share obligated, reported through OpenFEMA and not audited, and are separate from the Public Assistance funding above.
$1,718,801
federal mitigation share
6
funded projects
12
properties mitigated
Program
Projects
Federal share obligated
Hazard Mitigation Grant Program(HMGP)
5
$1,013,801
Legislative Pre-Disaster Mitigation(LPDM)
1
$705,000
State declarations (governor)
Emergency declarations issued by the governor of this state, which are separate from and usually precede a federal declaration. A declaration is listed here when NOAA Storm Events recorded reports of the matched hazard in this jurisdiction while the order was in effect. That is evidence of local impact during a declared state emergency. It is not a statement that the governor named this jurisdiction in the order, since most state declarations apply statewide and name no localities at all. Hazard categories come from the order text. Damage figures are NOAA storm report estimates for this jurisdiction only, not the cost of the declaration.
Source: state executive order archives collected by DisasterData Plus, joined to NOAA Storm Events. See the Plus overview for per-state coverage and method.
Most common hazards
Hurricane 4
Severe Storm 3
Biological 2
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
Severe Storm
Apr 4, 2025
DR-4863-VA
DR
Severe Ice Storm
May 10, 2021
DR-4602-VA
DR
Biological
Apr 2, 2020
DR-4512-VA
DR
Biological
Mar 13, 2020
EM-3448-VA
EM
Hurricane
Dec 18, 2018
DR-4411-VA
DR
Hurricane
Oct 15, 2018
DR-4401-VA
DR
Hurricane
Oct 29, 2012
EM-3359-VA
EM
Severe Storm
Jul 27, 2012
DR-4072-VA
DR
Hurricane
Sep 12, 2005
EM-3240-VA
EM
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
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. 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.
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