Disaster Data / States / Virginia / Richmond (city)
Independent cityRichmond (city) recorded 11 federal disaster and emergency declarations since FY2000 (through FY2025): 7 major disasters, 4 emergencies, and 0 fire-management declarations. Its most common hazard is hurricane.
Highlighted: Richmond (city), VA
Totals: FY2000–FY2025 · Page last rebuilt Sep 12, 2026 · the current in-progress fiscal year is not included in totals
The federal disaster record for Richmond (city) 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 biological. Since 2000, FEMA has obligated about $58.7 million in Public Assistance funding to the jurisdiction, most of it for utilities.
Historical declarations show what has happened here. These national datasets add context about underlying natural-hazard risk and community vulnerability.
Approximately 83.3% of U.S. counties have an equal or lower overall SVI ranking.
Higher percentiles indicate greater relative social vulnerability within the CDC SVI framework. CDC SVI documentation
The NRI combines expected annual loss, social vulnerability, and community resilience to describe relative natural-hazard risk. FEMA NRI documentation
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Utilities(F) | 24 | $22,957,664 |
| Emergency protective measures(B) | 87 | $18,463,083 |
| Debris removal(A) | 21 | $7,762,597 |
| Roads and bridges(C) | 29 | $6,613,315 |
| Parks and recreation(G) | 42 | $1,860,269 |
| Water control facilities(D) | 4 | $565,380 |
| Buildings and equipment(E) | 46 | $461,928 |
| Management costs(Z) | 4 | $840 |
| All categories | 257 | $58,685,076 |
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 6-year scale. Typical wait to the first obligation here: about 75 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.
Every local hazard mitigation plan must document previous occurrences of each hazard. Here is that record for Richmond (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 |
| Hurricane | Oct 15, 2018 | DR-4401-VA | DR |
| Hurricane | Oct 29, 2012 | EM-3359-VA | EM |
| Hurricane | Sep 3, 2011 | DR-4024-VA | DR |
| Hurricane | Aug 26, 2011 | EM-3329-VA | EM |
| Severe Storm | Sep 22, 2006 | DR-1661-VA | DR |
| Hurricane | Sep 12, 2005 | EM-3240-VA | EM |
| Severe Storm | Sep 3, 2004 | DR-1544-VA | DR |
| Hurricane | Sep 18, 2003 | DR-1491-VA | DR |
| Severe Storm | Feb 28, 2000 | DR-1318-VA | DR |
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 |
| Oct 15, 2018 | DR-4401-VA | DR | Hurricane | Hurricane Florence |
| Oct 29, 2012 | EM-3359-VA | EM | Hurricane | Hurricane Sandy |
| Sep 3, 2011 | DR-4024-VA | DR | Hurricane | Hurricane Irene |
| Aug 26, 2011 | EM-3329-VA | EM | Hurricane | Hurricane Irene |
| Sep 22, 2006 | DR-1661-VA | DR | Severe Storm | Tropical Depression Ernesto, Severe Storms And Flooding |
| Sep 12, 2005 | EM-3240-VA | EM | Hurricane | Hurricane Katrina Evacuation |
| Sep 3, 2004 | DR-1544-VA | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Flooding And Tornadoes Associated W Td Gaston |
| Sep 18, 2003 | DR-1491-VA | DR | Hurricane | Hurricane Isabel |
| Feb 28, 2000 | DR-1318-VA | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Winter Storms |
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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