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New Castle County, Delaware

County-level FEMA declaration history, assistance rollups, and flood insurance context for New Castle County.

Total declarations
17
1965 to 2021
Tracked FEMA aid
$274.8M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Hurricane
1,486 registrations tracked
Most recent event
DR-4627
Oct 24, 2021
Cross-link

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Federal spending

Public + individual assistance structure

Public assistance totals come from FEMA project-level obligations. Individual assistance totals prioritize the validated or intake totals without double counting both sources together.

Public assistance

Infrastructure repair, debris removal, emergency measures, and related project obligations.

Emergency Protective Measures$239.0M
Management Costs$13.3M
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$9.6M
Debris Removal$2.3M
Buildings and Equipment$2.2M
Utilities$1.0M
Roads and Bridges$316K
Water Control Facilities$124K
Total PA obligated$268.0M

Individual assistance

Registrations, housing assistance, and other-needs dollars surfaced through the FEMA assistance datasets.

Tracked registrations1,486
IHP / household aid$6.8M
Housing assistance$906K
Other needs assistance$5.9M
NFIP claims paid$0
Timeline

Every declaration on record for this county

Ordered newest to oldest so recent search intent is handled first, without losing the long historical tail.

BiologicalMar 2020New Castle County

COVID-19

EM-3449-DE · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
WinterMar 2003New Castle County

SNOW

EM-3183-DE · Feb 14, 2003 to Feb 19, 2003
$1.4MPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
About this county

Disaster history context for New Castle County

New Castle County, Delaware has 17 FEMA disaster declarations on record, spanning from 1965 to 2021. The dominant hazard type is hurricane, followed by snowstorm. That is close to the Delaware average of 17 declarations per county. Total tracked FEMA obligations for this county exceed $274.8M, split between public infrastructure repair and individual household assistance.

Public assistance covers debris removal, emergency protective measures, and infrastructure repair managed through FEMA project obligations. Individual assistance includes housing aid, other-needs grants, and validated registrations reported through the IHP datasets. These figures reflect what FEMA's open datasets report — actual disbursements to individuals and local agencies may differ from the obligation totals shown here.