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West Virginia: Federal Disaster Declarations

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.

51
Declarations since FY2000
44
Major disasters (DR)
5
Emergencies (EM)
2
Fire management (FM)
6
Requests denied
10.5%
Denial rate
#23
National rank by declarations
33.7
Avg days to a decision

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Most common hazards

All declarations on record

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

Showing 51 declarations

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

Denied requests

FEMA turned down 6 declaration requests from West Virginia since FY2000, a denial rate of 10.5%. Denials are tracked in a separate FEMA dataset from approved declarations.

DateTypeHazard
Jun 20, 2025EmergencyFlood
Oct 14, 2022Major DisasterFlood
Oct 14, 2022Major DisasterFlood
Jun 3, 2022Major DisasterFlood
Mar 21, 2014Major DisasterChemical
Feb 4, 2004Major DisasterFlood
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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.

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