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Garrett County, Maryland

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

Total declarations
14
1993 to 2026
Tracked FEMA aid
$3.1M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Hurricane
79 registrations tracked
Most recent event
DR-3634
Jan 24, 2026
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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$1.7M
Debris Removal$819K
Roads and Bridges$29K
Emergency Work Donated Resources$29K
Buildings and Equipment$6K
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$4K
Total PA obligated$2.6M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations79
IHP / household aid$451K
Housing assistance$12K
Other needs assistance$439K
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 2020Garrett County

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

DR-4491-MD · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$642KPA obligated
69Registrations
$439KHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Garrett County

COVID-19

EM-3430-MD · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
HurricaneNov 2012Garrett County

HURRICANE SANDY

DR-4091-MD · Oct 26, 2012 to Nov 4, 2012
$1.3MPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneSep 2003Garrett County

HURRICANE ISABEL

DR-1492-MD · Sep 18, 2003 to Sep 29, 2003
$32KPA obligated
10Registrations
$12KHousehold aid
IA, PA, HMPrograms
StormMar 2003Garrett County

SNOW

EM-3179-MD · Feb 14, 2003 to Feb 23, 2003
$115KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
About this county

Disaster history context for Garrett County

Garrett County, Maryland has 14 FEMA disaster declarations on record, spanning from 1993 to 2026. The dominant hazard type is hurricane, followed by snowstorm. That is below the Maryland average of 20 declarations per county. Total tracked FEMA obligations for this county exceed $3.1M, 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.