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Knox County, Maine

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

Total declarations
31
1970 to 2024
Tracked FEMA aid
$7.6M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Severe Storm
271 registrations tracked
Most recent event
DR-4764
Mar 20, 2024
Cross-link

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The same county on FloodZoneMap.org covers flood-zone context, map interpretation, and related flood insurance questions that sit adjacent to this disaster-history page.

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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.

Roads and Bridges$3.4M
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$1.8M
Emergency Protective Measures$1.3M
Debris Removal$223K
Buildings and Equipment$189K
Utilities$118K
Water Control Facilities$105K
Management Costs$85K
Total PA obligated$7.2M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations271
IHP / household aid$353K
Housing assistance$257K
Other needs assistance$96K
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.

HurricaneSep 2023Knox County

HURRICANE LEE

EM-3598-ME · Sep 15, 2023 to Sep 17, 2023
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
BiologicalApr 2020Knox County

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

DR-4522-ME · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$217KPA obligated
25Registrations
$89KHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Knox County

COVID-19

EM-3444-ME · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
FloodApr 2007Knox County

FLOODING

DR-1691-ME · Mar 16, 2007 to Mar 18, 2007
$469KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
StormNov 1991Knox County

COASTAL STORM

DR-921-ME · Oct 30, 1991 to Nov 2, 1991
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
IAPrograms
About this county

Disaster history context for Knox County

Knox County, Maine has 31 FEMA disaster declarations on record, spanning from 1970 to 2024. The dominant hazard type is severe storm, followed by flood. That is close to the Maine average of 29 declarations per county. Total tracked FEMA obligations for this county exceed $7.6M, 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.