Disaster Data / States / Virginia / Roanoke (city)
Independent cityRoanoke (city) 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 severe storm.
Highlighted: Roanoke (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 Roanoke (city) runs between 2003 and 2024, covering 10 declarations in all. Its most recent major disaster declaration was Tropical Storm Helene in 2024. The hazards behind these declarations were most often severe storm, hurricane, and biological. Since 2000, FEMA has obligated about $17.4 million in Public Assistance funding to the jurisdiction, most of it for emergency protective measures.
Historical declarations show what has happened here. These national datasets add context about underlying natural-hazard risk and community vulnerability.
Approximately 85.2% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Emergency protective measures(B) | 13 | $16,514,077 |
| Debris removal(A) | 9 | $618,383 |
| Utilities(F) | 1 | $139,738 |
| Roads and bridges(C) | 4 | $76,514 |
| Buildings and equipment(E) | 5 | $30,000 |
| Management costs(Z) | 5 | $24,804 |
| Parks and recreation(G) | 5 | $20,919 |
| Water control facilities(D) | 1 | $0 |
| All categories | 43 | $17,424,435 |
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 150 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 Roanoke (city), sourced to OpenFEMA and refreshed weekly. Copy it straight into your plan.
| Hazard | Date | FEMA declaration | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tropical Storm | Oct 1, 2024 | DR-4831-VA | DR |
| 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 |
| Severe Storm | Jul 27, 2012 | DR-4072-VA | DR |
| Snowstorm | Feb 16, 2010 | DR-1874-VA | DR |
| Hurricane | Sep 12, 2005 | EM-3240-VA | EM |
| Severe Storm | Oct 18, 2004 | DR-1570-VA | DR |
| Severe Storm | Mar 27, 2003 | DR-1458-VA | DR |
DR = Major disaster (Stafford Act) · EM = Emergency declaration · FM = Fire management assistance
Showing 10 declarations
| Date | Number | Type | Hazard | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2024 | DR-4831-VA | DR | Tropical Storm | Tropical Storm Helene |
| 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 |
| Jul 27, 2012 | DR-4072-VA | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms And Straight-Line Winds |
| Feb 16, 2010 | DR-1874-VA | DR | Snowstorm | Severe Winter Storm And Snowstorm |
| 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 |
| 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. 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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