FEMA Disaster Declarations — West Virginia
The most recent FEMA declaration for West Virginia is DR-4953-WV (Severe Storms and Flooding), a major disaster declaration made on 7 October 2026 for 3 areas. Households in the designated areas can apply for FEMA assistance. West Virginia has had 6 declarations in the last two years.
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Severe Storms and Flooding DR-4953-WV
Major disaster · Severe Storm · declared 7 Oct 2026 · incident began 14 Aug 2026
Households can apply
3 designated areas: Fayette (County), Kanawha (County), Harrison (County)
Severe Storm, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides DR-4932-WV
Major disaster · Flood · declared 3 Aug 2026 · incident began 21 Jul 2026
Households can apply Public Assistance
11 designated areas: Wetzel (County), Pendleton (County), Pleasants (County), Tucker (County), Lewis (County), Doddridge (County), Randolph (County), Tyler (County), Barbour (County), Ritchie (County), Upshur (County)
Severe Winter Storm EM-3639-WV
Emergency · Winter Storm · declared 24 Jan 2026 · incident began 23 Jan 2026
Public Assistance
55 designated areas: Boone (County), Mineral (County), Marshall (County), Hampshire (County), Clay (County), Jefferson (County), Hancock (County), Berkeley (County), Mason (County), Taylor (County), Pleasants (County), Ohio (County), Pendleton (County), Ritchie (County), Upshur (County), Kanawha (County), Raleigh (County), Jackson (County), Preston (County), Mercer (County), Logan (County), Morgan (County), Wetzel (County), Wayne (County), McDowell (County), Lewis (County), Harrison (County), Randolph (County), Cabell (County), Greenbrier (County), Mingo (County), Lincoln (County), Barbour (County), Tucker (County), Brooke (County), Webster (County), Roane (County), Monongalia (County), Putnam (County), Pocahontas (County), Fayette (County), Grant (County), Doddridge (County), Nicholas (County), Braxton (County), Calhoun (County), Wood (County), Summers (County), Wyoming (County), Gilmer (County), Monroe (County), Tyler (County), Hardy (County), Marion (County), Wirt (County)
Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides DR-4884-WV
Major disaster · Flood · declared 22 Jul 2025 · incident began 14 Jun 2025
Households can apply Public Assistance
2 designated areas: Marion (County), Ohio (County)
Severe Storm, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides DR-4861-WV
Major disaster · Severe Storm · declared 26 Feb 2025 · incident began 15 Feb 2025
Households can apply Public Assistance Hazard Mitigation
12 designated areas: Boone (County), McDowell (County), Lincoln (County), Greenbrier (County), Monroe (County), Logan (County), Wayne (County), Mercer (County), Mingo (County), Wyoming (County), Raleigh (County), Summers (County)
Post-Tropical Storm Helene DR-4851-WV
Major disaster · Tropical Storm · declared 9 Dec 2024 · incident began 25 Sep 2024
Households can apply Hazard Mitigation
1 designated area: Mercer (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).