Jefferson County, West Virginia

Name: Jefferson County, West Virginia FEMA disaster declarations
Creator: Disaster Data

Jefferson 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

$446K

Federal PA obligated (top: emergency protective measures)

The federal disaster record for Jefferson County runs between 2003 and 2020, covering 12 declarations in all. Its most recent major disaster declaration was Covid-19 Pandemic in 2020. The hazards behind these declarations were most often severe storm, hurricane, and snowstorm. Since 2000, FEMA has obligated $446,467 in Public Assistance funding to the jurisdiction, most of it for emergency protective measures.

Highlighted: Jefferson County, WV

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)	50	$378,271
Debris removal(A)	9	$54,458
Buildings and equipment(E)	4	$8,550
Roads and bridges(C)	1	$3,845
Utilities(F)	2	$1,343
All categories	66	$446,467

Most common hazards

Severe Storm 5
Hurricane 3
Snowstorm 2
Biological 2

Previous occurrences, for your mitigation plan

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

Hazard	Date	FEMA declaration	Type
Biological	Apr 3, 2020	DR-4517-WV	DR
Biological	Mar 13, 2020	EM-3450-WV	EM
Severe Storm	Jul 12, 2018	DR-4378-WV	DR
Hurricane	Oct 29, 2012	EM-3358-WV	EM
Severe Storm	Jul 23, 2012	DR-4071-WV	DR
Severe Storm	Jun 30, 2012	EM-3345-WV	EM
Snowstorm	Apr 23, 2010	DR-1903-WV	DR
Snowstorm	Mar 2, 2010	DR-1881-WV	DR
Severe Storm	Jun 19, 2008	DR-1769-WV	DR
Hurricane	Sep 5, 2005	EM-3221-WV	EM
Hurricane	Sep 23, 2003	DR-1496-WV	DR
Severe Storm	Mar 14, 2003	DR-1455-WV	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 3, 2020	DR-4517-WV	DR	Biological	Covid-19 Pandemic
Mar 13, 2020	EM-3450-WV	EM	Biological	Covid-19
Jul 12, 2018	DR-4378-WV	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, And Mudslides
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
Apr 23, 2010	DR-1903-WV	DR	Snowstorm	Severe Winter Storms And Snowstorms
Mar 2, 2010	DR-1881-WV	DR	Snowstorm	Severe Winter Storm And Snowstorm
Jun 19, 2008	DR-1769-WV	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Flooding, Mudslides, And
Sep 5, 2005	EM-3221-WV	EM	Hurricane	Hurricane Katrina Evacuation
Sep 23, 2003	DR-1496-WV	DR	Hurricane	Hurricane Isabel
Mar 14, 2003	DR-1455-WV	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Winter Storm, Record/Near Record Snow, Heavy Rains, Flooding And Landslides

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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 West 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.