Roanoke County, Virginia

Name: Roanoke County, Virginia FEMA disaster declarations
Creator: Disaster Data

Roanoke 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 severe storm.

Declarations since FY2000

Major disasters (DR)

Emergencies (EM)

Fire management (FM)

Jan 2026

Most recent

$1.1M

Federal PA obligated (top: emergency protective measures)

The federal disaster record for Roanoke County runs between 2000 and 2024, 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 $1.1 million in Public Assistance funding to the jurisdiction, most of it for emergency protective measures.

Highlighted: Roanoke County, VA

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	$647,642
Debris removal(A)	3	$240,411
Parks and recreation(G)	6	$158,149
Water control facilities(D)	1	$34,312
Utilities(F)	2	$27,797
Buildings and equipment(E)	2	$11,269
Management costs(Z)	4	$9,577
All categories	36	$1,129,157

Most common hazards

Severe Storm 4
Hurricane 3
Biological 2
Snowstorm 1
Tropical 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 Roanoke County, 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	Dec 18, 2018	DR-4411-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
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
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
Dec 18, 2018	DR-4411-VA	DR	Hurricane	Tropical Storm Michael
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
Feb 28, 2000	DR-1318-VA	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Winter Storms

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How these numbers are built

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.