FEMA Disaster Declarations — North Carolina
The most recent FEMA declaration for North Carolina is EM-3637-NC (Severe Winter Storm), an emergency declaration made on 24 January 2026 for 102 areas. It does not include assistance for individual households. North Carolina has had 8 declarations in the last two years.
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Severe Winter Storm EM-3637-NC
Emergency · Winter Storm · declared 24 Jan 2026 · incident began 21 Jan 2026
Public Assistance
102 designated areas: Carteret (County), Onslow (County), Jackson (County), Caldwell (County), Pitt (County), Watauga (County), Wake (County), Columbus (County), Avery (County), McDowell (County), Orange (County), Stanly (County), Catawba (County), Alleghany (County), Madison (County), Lumbee (TDSA), Sampson (County), Yancey (County), Union (County), Granville (County), Cleveland (County), Gaston (County), Davidson (County), Perquimans (County), Vance (County), Anson (County), Pamlico (County), Robeson (County), Tyrrell (County), Brunswick (County), Pender (County), Davie (County), Alexander (County), Cabarrus (County), Person (County), Moore (County), Randolph (County), Bladen (County), Mecklenburg (County), Rockingham (County), Camden (County), Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, Polk (County), Alamance (County), Yadkin (County), Graham (County), Henderson (County), Iredell (County), Bertie (County), Chowan (County), Craven (County), Washington (County), Lincoln (County), Burke (County), Johnston (County), Guilford (County), New Hanover (County), Rowan (County), Dare (County), Stokes (County), Transylvania (County), Macon (County), Cherokee (County), Wayne (County), Montgomery (County), Halifax (County), Rutherford (County), Hoke (County), Lenoir (County), Beaufort (County), Caswell (County), Chatham (County), Greene (County), Buncombe (County), Pasquotank (County), Clay (County), Currituck (County), Swain (County), Warren (County), Lee (County), Haywood (County), Ashe (County), Franklin (County), Martin (County), Mitchell (County), Hertford (County), Nash (County), Surry (County), Edgecombe (County), Hyde (County), Jones (County), Duplin (County), Scotland (County), Richmond (County), Northampton (County), Wilkes (County), Durham (County), Cumberland (County), Wilson (County), Forsyth (County), Harnett (County), Gates (County)
Tropical Depression Chantal DR-4889-NC
Major disaster · Tropical Depression · declared 11 Sep 2025 · incident began 6 Jul 2025
Public Assistance
7 designated areas: Durham (County), Person (County), Orange (County), Caswell (County), Chatham (County), Alamance (County), Moore (County)
Sunset Drive Fire FM-5582-NC
Fire management · Fire · declared 3 May 2025 · incident began 2 May 2025
Public Assistance Hazard Mitigation
1 designated area: Brunswick (County)
Sam Davis Road Fire FM-5580-NC
Fire management · Fire · declared 20 Apr 2025 · incident began 18 Apr 2025
Public Assistance Hazard Mitigation
1 designated area: Swain (County)
Table Rock Fire FM-5578-NC
Fire management · Fire · declared 27 Mar 2025 · incident began 26 Mar 2025
Public Assistance Hazard Mitigation
1 designated area: Transylvania (County)
Alarka Fire FM-5577-NC
Fire management · Fire · declared 26 Mar 2025 · incident began 25 Mar 2025
Public Assistance Hazard Mitigation
1 designated area: Swain (County)
Black Cove Fire Complex FM-5574-NC
Fire management · Fire · declared 22 Mar 2025 · incident began 19 Mar 2025
Public Assistance Hazard Mitigation
1 designated area: Polk (County)
Potential Tropical Cyclone Eight DR-4837-NC
Major disaster · Tropical Storm · declared 19 Oct 2024 · incident began 16 Sep 2024
Public Assistance Hazard Mitigation
6 designated areas: Stokes (County), Carteret (County), Dare (County), New Hanover (County), Onslow (County), Brunswick (County)
What a declaration means for you
- Major disaster (DR) unlocks the widest federal help; emergency (EM) covers protective measures, usually before or during an event; fire management (FM) pays firefighting costs.
- "Households can apply" means Individual Assistance: if your county is listed, apply at DisasterAssistance.gov, in the FEMA App or on 1-800-621-3362.
- Counties are often added days or weeks after the first declaration — check back if yours is missing.
- Beware of scams: FEMA staff never charge a fee to apply or to inspect your home.
What this page shows, and what it misses
Presidential disaster, emergency and fire management declarations from FEMA's open data, grouped from one row per designated area into one entry per declaration. Two years are shown for a state. State-level declarations and Small Business Administration or USDA disaster designations are separate and not listed here.
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), OpenFEMA Dataset: Disaster Declarations Summaries - v2, retrieved from https://www.fema.gov/api/open/v2/DisasterDeclarationsSummaries on October 18, 2026, 10:28 PM EDT. This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's OpenFEMA API, but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).