Disaster Data / States / Virginia / Roanoke (city)
Independent cityRoanoke (city) recorded 7 federal major disaster declarations since FY2000 (through FY2026), the federal government's fullest response to an event. Alongside those sit 4 emergency declarations and 0 fire management declarations, 11 in all. Its most common hazard is severe storm.
Highlighted: Roanoke (city), VA
Totals: FY2000 to FY2026 · Page last rebuilt Oct 26, 2026 · the current in-progress fiscal year is not included in totals
The federal disaster record for Roanoke (city) runs between 2003 and 2026, covering 11 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.
Past 12 months
Roanoke (city) has been named in 1 federal declaration in the past 12 months. The figures are what FEMA has reported for Roanoke (city) to date and grow as recovery continues. It falls in a complete fiscal year and is counted in the totals above.
| Declaration | Declared | Households approved | Individual Assistance | Public Assistance obligated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EM-3631-VAEmergency · Winter Storm | Jan 23, 2026Incident period Jan 22 to 27, 2026 | None reported | None reported | None reported yet |
Individual Assistance is FEMA's Individuals and Households Program, from OpenFEMA's Housing Assistance data for owners and renters. Public Assistance is the obligated federal share from OpenFEMA's grant award activity, which usually starts posting weeks to months after a declaration. Select a declaration number to open its full event profile, with the same figures for every place it covers.
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
$17M has been obligated to Roanoke (city) in Public Assistance since FY2000.
$1M followed major disasters other than COVID-19. $16M, or 92% of the total, was COVID-19, which every county in the country received.
Obligated is the committed share, not necessarily spent, and can be revised as projects close out.
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 |
| Parks and recreation(G) | 5 | $20,919 |
| Management costs(Z) | 5 | $8,908 |
| Water control facilities(D) | 1 | $0 |
| All categories | 43 | $17,408,539 |
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.
Major disaster (DR). The big one. Opens the full toolbox: repair money for public infrastructure, help for households, and mitigation funding to reduce the next loss.
Emergency (EM). Narrower and usually faster, for protective work before or during an incident. Capped, and rarely brings household assistance. Nearly every county has one from COVID-19.
Fire management (FM). Cost sharing to fight a wildfire as it burns. Not a disaster declaration, and it does not open recovery programs.
Showing 11 declarations
| Date | Number | Type | Hazard | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 23, 2026 | EM-3631-VA | EM | Winter Storm | Severe Winter Storm |
| 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). Declarations from the fiscal year still in progress are listed in the tables on this page but are not counted in the totals until the year is complete. Uses OpenFEMA data but is not endorsed by or affiliated with FEMA.
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