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Dorchester County, Maryland

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

Total declarations
20
1972 to 2026
Tracked FEMA aid
$10.2M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Hurricane
1,084 registrations tracked
Most recent event
DR-3634
Jan 24, 2026
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.

Roads and Bridges$2.6M
Water Control Facilities$2.5M
Emergency Protective Measures$696K
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$497K
Debris Removal$193K
Buildings and Equipment$100K
Utilities$68K
Emergency Work Donated Resources$16K
Total PA obligated$6.6M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations1,084
IHP / household aid$3.6M
Housing assistance$2.1M
Other needs assistance$1.5M
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 2020Dorchester County

COVID-19

EM-3430-MD · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
StormMar 2003Dorchester County

SNOW

EM-3179-MD · Feb 14, 2003 to Feb 23, 2003
$75KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
TornadoeMay 2002Dorchester County

TORNADO

DR-1409-MD · Apr 28, 2002
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
IA, HMPrograms