Virginia: FEMA disaster declarations

Official FEMA records · Historical data · Last refreshed 5 Nov 2026, 18:35 UTC

FEMA has issued 77 declarations for Virginia since 1 Feb 1957. The most recent is Severe Winter Storm, declared 23 Jan 2026.

Major disaster declarations: 58
Emergency declarations: 12
Fire management assistance declarations: 7
Declarations covering the whole state: 3

These figures count FEMA declarations and designated areas. They do not measure damage, cost, deaths or how severe an event was.

For current instructions and recovery help in Virginia: Virginia Department of Emergency Management · Explore and filter Virginia declarations

Latest declarations

Latest 20 FEMA declarations for Virginia
Declaration	Incident type	Declared	ID
Severe Winter Storm	Winter Storm	23 Jan 2026	EM-3631-VA
Severe Winter Storms and Flooding	Severe Storm	4 Apr 2025	DR-4863-VA
Tropical Storm Helene	Tropical Storm	1 Oct 2024	DR-4831-VA
Post-Tropical Cyclone Helene	Tropical Storm	29 Sep 2024	EM-3621-VA
Flooding and Mudslides	Severe Storm	30 Sep 2022	DR-4674-VA
Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm	Severe Storm	11 Mar 2022	DR-4644-VA
Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides	Flood	26 Oct 2021	DR-4628-VA
Severe Winter Storms	Severe Ice Storm	10 May 2021	DR-4602-VA
COVID-19 Pandemic	Biological	2 Apr 2020	DR-4512-VA
COVID-19	Biological	13 Mar 2020	EM-3448-VA
Tropical Storm Michael (FEMA website)	Hurricane	18 Dec 2018	DR-4411-VA
Hurricane Florence (FEMA website)	Hurricane	15 Oct 2018	DR-4401-VA
Hurricane Florence (FEMA website)	Hurricane	11 Sep 2018	EM-3403-VA
Hurricane Matthew (FEMA website)	Hurricane	2 Nov 2016	DR-4291-VA
Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm (FEMA website)	Snowstorm	7 Mar 2016	DR-4262-VA
Hurricane Sandy (FEMA website)	Hurricane	26 Nov 2012	DR-4092-VA
Hurricane Sandy (FEMA website)	Hurricane	29 Oct 2012	EM-3359-VA
Severe Storms and Straight-Line Winds (FEMA website)	Severe Storm	27 Jul 2012	DR-4072-VA
The Remnants of Tropical Storm Lee (FEMA website)	Severe Storm	17 Nov 2011	DR-4045-VA
Earthquake (FEMA website)	Earthquake	4 Nov 2011	DR-4042-VA

Most common incident types

Declarations inVirginiaby FEMA incident type
Incident type	Declarations
Severe Storm	20
Flood	16
Hurricane	16
Fire	8
Snowstorm	6
Tropical Storm	2
Biological	2
Drought	2

Declarations by county

FEMA declarations per county, 1964–2026

None
1–10 (0)
11–20 (64)
21–30 (69)
31–40 (0)
41 or more (0)

Map of Virginia by county, shaded by the number of FEMA declarations naming each, 1964 to 2026. Bedford: 28; Nelson: 28; Buchanan: 27 are the highest. Measure: count of FEMA declarations that designate each county; a declaration covering the whole state is not counted. Source: FEMA OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries v2. Boundaries: US Census Bureau cartographic files via us-atlas. 133 of 133 areas shaded; 1 area FEMA names (such as tribal lands or former county names) does not match a current boundary and appear only in the table. The table below lists every area.

134 counties named in at least one declaration since 1964. Declarations covering the whole state are not counted here.

FEMA declarations by county in Virginia
County	Declarations	Most recent
Accomack (County)	20	Severe Winter Storm 23 Jan 2026
Albemarle (County)	25	Severe Winter Storm 23 Jan 2026
Alexandria	22	Severe Winter Storm 23 Jan 2026
Alleghany (County)	25	Severe Winter Storm 23 Jan 2026
Amelia (County)	22	Severe Winter Storm 23 Jan 2026
Amherst (County)	23	Severe Winter Storm 23 Jan 2026
Appomattox (County)	26	Severe Winter Storm 23 Jan 2026
Arlington (County)	21	Severe Winter Storm 23 Jan 2026
Augusta (County)	24	Severe Winter Storm 23 Jan 2026
Bath (County)	22	Severe Winter Storm 23 Jan 2026
Bedford	19	Severe Winter Storm 23 Jan 2026
Bedford (County)	28	Severe Winter Storm 23 Jan 2026
Bland (County)	18	Severe Winter Storm 23 Jan 2026
Botetourt (County)	24	Severe Winter Storm 23 Jan 2026
Bristol	13	Severe Winter Storm 23 Jan 2026
Brunswick (County)	19	Severe Winter Storm 23 Jan 2026
Buchanan (County)	27	Severe Winter Storm 23 Jan 2026
Buckingham (County)	23	Severe Winter Storm 23 Jan 2026
Buena Vista	20	Severe Winter Storm 23 Jan 2026
Campbell (County)	24	Severe Winter Storm 23 Jan 2026
Caroline (County)	24	Severe Winter Storm 23 Jan 2026
Carroll (County)	17	Severe Winter Storm 23 Jan 2026
Charles City (County)	19	Severe Winter Storm 23 Jan 2026
Charlotte (County)	22	Severe Winter Storm 23 Jan 2026
Charlottesville	13	Severe Winter Storm 23 Jan 2026
Chesapeake	18	Severe Winter Storm 23 Jan 2026
Chesterfield (County)	25	Severe Winter Storm 23 Jan 2026
Clarke (County)	20	Severe Winter Storm 23 Jan 2026
Colonial Heights	15	Severe Winter Storm 23 Jan 2026
Covington	15	Severe Winter Storm 23 Jan 2026
Craig (County)	26	Severe Winter Storm 23 Jan 2026
Culpeper (County)	23	Severe Winter Storm 23 Jan 2026
Cumberland (County)	23	Severe Winter Storm 23 Jan 2026
Danville	18	Severe Winter Storm 23 Jan 2026
Dickenson (County)	21	Severe Winter Storm 23 Jan 2026
Dinwiddie (County)	22	Severe Winter Storm 23 Jan 2026
Emporia	15	Severe Winter Storm 23 Jan 2026
Essex (County)	27	Severe Winter Storm 23 Jan 2026
Fairfax	17	Severe Winter Storm 23 Jan 2026
Fairfax (County)	19	Severe Winter Storm 23 Jan 2026
Falls Church	16	Severe Winter Storm 23 Jan 2026
Fauquier (County)	21	Severe Winter Storm 23 Jan 2026
Floyd (County)	22	Severe Winter Storm 23 Jan 2026
Fluvanna (County)	23	Severe Winter Storm 23 Jan 2026
Franklin	14	Severe Winter Storm 23 Jan 2026
Franklin (County)	22	Severe Winter Storm 23 Jan 2026
Frederick (County)	19	Severe Winter Storm 23 Jan 2026
Fredericksburg	19	Severe Winter Storm 23 Jan 2026
Galax	16	Severe Winter Storm 23 Jan 2026
Giles (County)	22	Severe Winter Storm 23 Jan 2026
Gloucester (County)	18	Severe Winter Storm 23 Jan 2026
Goochland (County)	21	Severe Winter Storm 23 Jan 2026
Grayson (County)	21	Severe Winter Storm 23 Jan 2026
Greene (County)	26	Severe Winter Storm 23 Jan 2026
Greensville (County)	17	Severe Winter Storm 23 Jan 2026
Halifax (County)	27	Severe Winter Storm 23 Jan 2026
Hampton	21	Severe Winter Storm 23 Jan 2026
Hanover (County)	22	Severe Winter Storm 23 Jan 2026
Harrisonburg	14	Severe Winter Storm 23 Jan 2026
Henrico (County)	22	Severe Winter Storm 23 Jan 2026
Henry (County)	16	Severe Winter Storm 23 Jan 2026
Highland (County)	22	Severe Winter Storm 23 Jan 2026
Hopewell	16	Severe Winter Storm 23 Jan 2026
Isle of Wight (County)	20	Severe Winter Storm 23 Jan 2026
James City (County)	18	Severe Winter Storm 23 Jan 2026
King and Queen (County)	25	Severe Winter Storm 23 Jan 2026
King George (County)	27	Severe Winter Storm 23 Jan 2026
King William (County)	25	Severe Winter Storm 23 Jan 2026
Lancaster (County)	25	Severe Winter Storm 23 Jan 2026
Lee (County)	20	Severe Winter Storm 23 Jan 2026
Lexington	14	Severe Winter Storm 23 Jan 2026
Loudoun (County)	16	Severe Winter Storm 23 Jan 2026
Louisa (County)	25	Severe Winter Storm 23 Jan 2026
Lunenburg (County)	23	Severe Winter Storm 23 Jan 2026
Lynchburg	17	Severe Winter Storm 23 Jan 2026
Madison (County)	24	Severe Winter Storm 23 Jan 2026
Manassas	15	Severe Winter Storm 23 Jan 2026
Manassas Park	14	Severe Winter Storm 23 Jan 2026
Martinsville	13	Severe Winter Storm 23 Jan 2026
Mathews (County)	20	Severe Winter Storm 23 Jan 2026
Mecklenburg (County)	20	Severe Winter Storm 23 Jan 2026
Middlesex (County)	24	Severe Winter Storm 23 Jan 2026
Montgomery (County)	24	Severe Winter Storm 23 Jan 2026
Nelson (County)	28	Severe Winter Storm 23 Jan 2026
New Kent (County)	22	Severe Winter Storm 23 Jan 2026
Newport News	21	Severe Winter Storm 23 Jan 2026
Norfolk	18	Severe Winter Storm 23 Jan 2026
Northampton (County)	22	Severe Winter Storm 23 Jan 2026
Northumberland (County)	25	Severe Winter Storm 23 Jan 2026
Norton	15	Severe Winter Storm 23 Jan 2026
Nottoway (County)	22	Severe Winter Storm 23 Jan 2026
Orange (County)	22	Severe Winter Storm 23 Jan 2026
Page (County)	24	Severe Winter Storm 23 Jan 2026
Patrick (County)	19	Severe Winter Storm 23 Jan 2026
Petersburg	17	Severe Winter Storm 23 Jan 2026
Pittsylvania (County)	27	Severe Winter Storm 23 Jan 2026
Poquoson	18	Severe Winter Storm 23 Jan 2026
Portsmouth	18	Severe Winter Storm 23 Jan 2026
Powhatan (County)	24	Severe Winter Storm 23 Jan 2026
Prince Edward (County)	22	Severe Winter Storm 23 Jan 2026
Prince George (County)	19	Severe Winter Storm 23 Jan 2026
Prince William (County)	20	Severe Winter Storm 23 Jan 2026
Pulaski (County)	22	Severe Winter Storm 23 Jan 2026
Radford	17	Severe Winter Storm 23 Jan 2026
Rappahannock (County)	25	Severe Winter Storm 23 Jan 2026
Richmond	20	Severe Winter Storm 23 Jan 2026
Richmond (County)	24	Severe Winter Storm 23 Jan 2026
Roanoke	19	Severe Winter Storm 23 Jan 2026
Roanoke (County)	23	Severe Winter Storm 23 Jan 2026
Rockbridge (County)	23	Severe Winter Storm 23 Jan 2026
Rockingham (County)	21	Severe Winter Storm 23 Jan 2026
Russell (County)	21	Severe Winter Storm 23 Jan 2026
Salem	14	Severe Winter Storm 23 Jan 2026
Scott (County)	20	Severe Winter Storm 23 Jan 2026
Shenandoah (County)	24	Severe Winter Storm 23 Jan 2026
Smyth (County)	21	Severe Winter Storm 23 Jan 2026
Southampton (County)	13	Severe Winter Storm 23 Jan 2026
Spotsylvania (County)	19	Severe Winter Storm 23 Jan 2026
Stafford (County)	20	Severe Winter Storm 23 Jan 2026
Staunton	14	Severe Winter Storm 23 Jan 2026
Suffolk	19	Severe Winter Storm 23 Jan 2026
Surry (County)	21	Severe Winter Storm 23 Jan 2026
Sussex (County)	18	Severe Winter Storm 23 Jan 2026
Tazewell (County)	25	Severe Winter Storm 23 Jan 2026
Virginia Beach	18	Severe Winter Storm 23 Jan 2026
Warren (County)	23	Severe Winter Storm 23 Jan 2026
Washington (County)	20	Severe Winter Storm 23 Jan 2026
Waynesboro	15	Severe Winter Storm 23 Jan 2026
Westmoreland (County)	25	Severe Winter Storm 23 Jan 2026
Williamsburg	16	Severe Winter Storm 23 Jan 2026
Winchester	14	Severe Winter Storm 23 Jan 2026
Wise (County)	19	Severe Winter Storm 23 Jan 2026
Wythe (County)	18	Severe Winter Storm 23 Jan 2026
York (County)	19	Severe Winter Storm 23 Jan 2026