Frederick County recorded 11 federal disaster and emergency declarations since FY2000 (through FY2025): 8 major disasters, 3 emergencies, and 0 fire-management declarations. Its most common hazard is hurricane.
Highlighted: Frederick County, VA
Totals: FY2000–FY2025 · Page last rebuilt Sep 12, 2026 · the current in-progress fiscal year is not included in totals
11
Declarations since FY2000
8
Major disasters (DR)
3
Emergencies (EM)
0
Fire management (FM)
Jan 2026
Most recent
$1.6M
Federal PA obligated (top: emergency protective measures)
The federal disaster record for Frederick County runs between 2000 and 2020, covering 11 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 about $1.6 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 51069
CDC / ATSDR
Social Vulnerability Index
2022 county-level SVI
25.4
overall percentile nationally
Approximately 25.4% of U.S. counties have an equal or lower overall SVI ranking.
Socioeconomic status21.8
Household characteristics47.1
Racial and ethnic minority status51.8
Housing type and transportation21.3
Higher percentiles indicate greater relative social vulnerability within the CDC SVI framework. CDC SVI documentation
FEMA
National Risk Index
December 2025
44.7
overall risk score
Relatively Low
Expected annual loss$20.0MRelatively Low
NRI social vulnerability10.6Very Low
Community resilience54.5Relatively Moderate
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)
25
$1,030,404
Debris removal(A)
3
$531,776
Buildings and equipment(E)
5
$33,759
Roads and bridges(C)
3
$22,387
Parks and recreation(G)
1
$1,031
All categories
37
$1,619,357
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 3-year scale. Typical wait to the first obligation here: about 128 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.
Covid-19 Pandemic 2020$240K
159 days to first federal obligation
Severe Winter Storm And Snowstorm 2016$347K
133 days to first federal obligation
Hurricane Sandy 2012$3K
98 days to first federal obligation
Severe Storms And Straight-Line Winds 2012$589K
74 days to first federal obligation
Severe Winter Storms And Snowstorms 2010$351K
127 days to first federal obligation
Hurricane Isabel 2003$5K
130 days to first federal obligation
Declared1 yr2 yr3 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.
630
valid registrations
209
households approved
$1,813,104
total IHP approved
Assistance type
Approved amount
Repair and replacement
$347,652
Rental assistance
$55,156
Other needs
$1,410,296
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
Snowstorm 2
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 Frederick County, 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
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 11 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
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
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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