Smyth County, Virginia

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

Smyth County recorded 12 federal disaster and emergency declarations since FY2000 (through FY2025): 8 major disasters, 4 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

$5.8M

Federal PA obligated (top: utilities)

The federal disaster record for Smyth County runs between 2000 and 2025, covering 12 declarations in all. Its most recent major disaster declaration was Severe Winter Storms And Flooding in 2025. The hazards behind these declarations were most often severe storm, biological, and tropical storm. Since 2000, FEMA has obligated about $5.8 million in Public Assistance funding to the jurisdiction, most of it for utilities.

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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
Utilities(F)	14	$4,233,931
Emergency protective measures(B)	19	$919,447
Debris removal(A)	13	$189,903
Management costs(Z)	6	$124,404
Parks and recreation(G)	6	$112,600
Buildings and equipment(E)	7	$85,311
Roads and bridges(C)	10	$78,460
Water control facilities(D)	3	$20,326
All categories	78	$5,764,382

Most common hazards

Severe Storm 6
Biological 2
Tropical Storm 2
Hurricane 2

Previous occurrences, for your mitigation plan

Every local hazard mitigation plan must document previous occurrences of each hazard. Here is that record for Smyth County, sourced to OpenFEMA and refreshed weekly. Copy it straight into your plan.

Hazard	Date	FEMA declaration	Type
Severe Storm	Apr 4, 2025	DR-4863-VA	DR
Tropical Storm	Oct 1, 2024	DR-4831-VA	DR
Tropical Storm	Sep 29, 2024	EM-3621-VA	EM
Biological	Apr 2, 2020	DR-4512-VA	DR
Biological	Mar 13, 2020	EM-3448-VA	EM
Hurricane	Oct 29, 2012	EM-3359-VA	EM
Severe Storm	Jul 27, 2012	DR-4072-VA	DR
Hurricane	Sep 12, 2005	EM-3240-VA	EM
Severe Storm	Dec 9, 2003	DR-1502-VA	DR
Severe Storm	Apr 2, 2002	DR-1406-VA	DR
Severe Storm	Jul 12, 2001	DR-1386-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 12 declarations

Date	Number	Type	Hazard	Title
Apr 4, 2025	DR-4863-VA	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Winter Storms And Flooding
Oct 1, 2024	DR-4831-VA	DR	Tropical Storm	Tropical Storm Helene
Sep 29, 2024	EM-3621-VA	EM	Tropical Storm	Post-Tropical Cyclone Helene
Apr 2, 2020	DR-4512-VA	DR	Biological	Covid-19 Pandemic
Mar 13, 2020	EM-3448-VA	EM	Biological	Covid-19
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
Sep 12, 2005	EM-3240-VA	EM	Hurricane	Hurricane Katrina Evacuation
Dec 9, 2003	DR-1502-VA	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Storms And Flooding
Apr 2, 2002	DR-1406-VA	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Storms And Flooding
Jul 12, 2001	DR-1386-VA	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Storms And Flooding
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.