West Virginia: Federal Disaster Declarations

Name: West Virginia FEMA disaster declarations (FY2000 to FY2025)
Creator: Disaster Data

West Virginia has recorded 51 federal disaster and emergency declarations since FY2000 (through FY2025): 44 major disasters, 5 emergencies, and 2 fire-management declarations. Its most common hazard is severe storm. It ranks #23 nationally by total declarations.

Totals: FY2000–FY2025 · Page last rebuilt Sep 12, 2026 · the current in-progress fiscal year is not included in totals

Declarations since FY2000

Major disasters (DR)

Emergencies (EM)

Fire management (FM)

Declaration requests denied

10.5%

Declaration-request denial rate

#23

National rank by declarations

33.3

Avg days to a decision

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Most common hazards

Severe Storm 25
Flood 12
Hurricane 4
Biological 2
Snowstorm 2
Fire 2
Tropical Storm 1
Severe Ice Storm 1

All declarations on record

DR = Major disaster (Stafford Act) · EM = Emergency declaration · FM = Fire management assistance

Showing 51 declarations

Date	Number	Type	Hazard	Title
Jul 22, 2025	DR-4884-WV	DR	Flood	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, And Mudslides
Feb 26, 2025	DR-4861-WV	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Storm, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, And Mudslides
Dec 9, 2024	DR-4851-WV	DR	Tropical Storm	Post-Tropical Storm Helene
May 24, 2024	DR-4787-WV	DR	Flood	Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, And Mudslides
May 22, 2024	DR-4783-WV	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, Flooding, Landslides, And Mudslides
Jan 30, 2024	DR-4756-WV	DR	Flood	Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, And Mudslides
Nov 28, 2022	DR-4679-WV	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, And Mudslides
Nov 28, 2022	DR-4678-WV	DR	Flood	Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, And Mudslides
May 20, 2021	DR-4605-WV	DR	Flood	Severe Storms And Flooding
May 13, 2021	DR-4603-WV	DR	Severe Ice Storm	Severe Winter Storms
Apr 3, 2020	DR-4517-WV	DR	Biological	Covid-19 Pandemic
Mar 13, 2020	EM-3450-WV	EM	Biological	Covid-19
Aug 2, 2019	DR-4455-WV	DR	Flood	Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, And Mudslides
Jul 12, 2018	DR-4378-WV	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, And Mudslides
Apr 17, 2018	DR-4359-WV	DR	Mud/Landslide	Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, And Mudslides
Aug 18, 2017	DR-4331-WV	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, And Mudslides
Jun 25, 2016	DR-4273-WV	DR	Flood	Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, And Mudslides
Aug 7, 2015	DR-4236-WV	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, And Mudslides
May 21, 2015	DR-4221-WV	DR	Flood	Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, And Mudslides
May 18, 2015	DR-4220-WV	DR	Flood	Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, And Mudslides
May 14, 2015	DR-4219-WV	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, And Mudslides
Mar 31, 2015	DR-4210-WV	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Winter Storm, Flooding, Landslides, And Mudslides
Jan 10, 2014	EM-3366-WV	EM	Chemical	Chemical Spill
Jul 26, 2013	DR-4132-WV	DR	Flood	Severe Storms And Flooding
Nov 27, 2012	DR-4093-WV	DR	Hurricane	Hurricane Sandy
Oct 29, 2012	EM-3358-WV	EM	Hurricane	Hurricane Sandy
Jul 23, 2012	DR-4071-WV	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Storms And Straight-Line Winds
Jun 30, 2012	EM-3345-WV	EM	Severe Storm	Severe Storms
Mar 22, 2012	DR-4061-WV	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Storms, Flooding, Mudslides, And Lanslides
Mar 16, 2012	DR-4059-WV	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Flooding, Mudslides, And Landslides
Jun 24, 2010	DR-1918-WV	DR	Flood	Severe Storms, Flooding, Mudslides, And Landslides
Apr 23, 2010	DR-1903-WV	DR	Snowstorm	Severe Winter Storms And Snowstorms
Mar 29, 2010	DR-1893-WV	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Storms, Flooding, Mudslides, And Landslides
Mar 2, 2010	DR-1881-WV	DR	Snowstorm	Severe Winter Storm And Snowstorm
May 15, 2009	DR-1838-WV	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Storms, Flooding, Mudslides, And Landslides
Jun 19, 2008	DR-1769-WV	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Flooding, Mudslides, And
May 1, 2007	DR-1696-WV	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, And Mudslides
Sep 5, 2005	EM-3221-WV	EM	Hurricane	Hurricane Katrina Evacuation
Feb 1, 2005	DR-1574-WV	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Storms, Flooding, And Landslides
Sep 20, 2004	DR-1558-WV	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Storms, Flooding, And Landslides
Aug 6, 2004	DR-1536-WV	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Storms, Flooding, And Landslides
Jun 7, 2004	DR-1522-WV	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Storms, Flooding, And Landslides
Nov 21, 2003	DR-1500-WV	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Storms, Flooding, And Landslides
Sep 23, 2003	DR-1496-WV	DR	Hurricane	Hurricane Isabel
Jun 21, 2003	DR-1474-WV	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Storms, Flooding, And Landslides
Mar 14, 2003	DR-1455-WV	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Winter Storm, Record/Near Record Snow, Heavy Rains, Flooding And Landslides
May 5, 2002	DR-1410-WV	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Storms, Flooding And Landslides
Nov 16, 2001	FM-2391-WV	FM	Fire	Wv - Southeast Fire Complex - 11/16/2001
Nov 16, 2001	FM-2392-WV	FM	Fire	Wv - Trough And Smoke Hole Fire Complex - 11/16/2001
Jun 3, 2001	DR-1378-WV	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Storms, Flooding And Landslides
Feb 28, 2000	DR-1319-WV	DR	Flood	Flooding, Severe Storms, And Landslides

Individual Assistance to households

FEMA Individual Assistance to households across West Virginia, combined across the Housing Assistance owner and renter programs. Valid registrations are households that applied within a designated Individual Assistance area; approved figures are those FEMA found eligible under the Individuals and Households Program. Self-reported, drawn from NEMIS through OpenFEMA, and present only where Individual Assistance was designated.

75,735

Valid registrations

50,031

Households approved

$274M

Total IHP approved

Assistance type	Approved amount
Repair and replacement	$173M
Rental assistance	$18M
Other needs	$83M

Hazard mitigation funded

Federal Hazard Mitigation Assistance obligated across West Virginia to reduce future disaster losses, by program. Figures are federal share obligated, reported through OpenFEMA and not audited.

$150M

Federal mitigation share

437

Projects funded

1,681

Properties mitigated

Program	Projects	Federal share obligated
Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP)	398	$116M
Legislative Pre-Disaster Mitigation (LPDM)	19	$25M
Pre-Disaster Mitigation (PDM)	6	$6M
Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA)	8	$2M
Severe Repetitive Loss (SRL)	3	$257K
Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC)	3	$233K

Denied requests

FEMA turned down 6 declaration requests from West Virginia since FY2000, a declaration-request denial rate of 10.5%. This is the President denying a governor or tribal leader's request for a declaration, tracked in a separate FEMA dataset from approved declarations, and is not the same thing as an individual being denied assistance under an approved declaration.

Date	Type	Hazard
Jun 20, 2025	Emergency	Flood
Oct 14, 2022	Major Disaster	Flood
Oct 14, 2022	Major Disaster	Flood
Jun 3, 2022	Major Disaster	Flood
Mar 21, 2014	Major Disaster	Chemical
Feb 4, 2004	Major Disaster	Flood

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How these numbers are built

Every figure is drawn from FEMA's OpenFEMA datasets: the Disaster Declarations Summaries for declarations and the Declaration Denials dataset for turndowns, rebuilt automatically each week. A "declaration" is one unique combination of declaration type (DR / EM / FM), disaster number, and state, so a single disaster affecting five states counts as five declarations. Years are federal fiscal years (Oct 1 to Sep 30). Totals on this page cover complete fiscal years only; the current 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.