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Harford County, Maryland

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

Total declarations
20
1971 to 2026
Tracked FEMA aid
$12.5M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Hurricane
864 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$6.0M
Debris Removal$1.6M
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$928K
Utilities$366K
Roads and Bridges$331K
Buildings and Equipment$310K
Emergency Work Donated Resources$88K
Total PA obligated$9.6M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations864
IHP / household aid$2.9M
Housing assistance$364K
Other needs assistance$2.5M
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 2020Harford County

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

DR-4491-MD · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$82KPA obligated
377Registrations
$2.3MHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Harford County

COVID-19

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

HURRICANE SANDY

DR-4091-MD · Oct 26, 2012 to Nov 4, 2012
$1.3MPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneSep 2011Harford County

HURRICANE IRENE

DR-4034-MD · Aug 24, 2011 to Sep 5, 2011
$1.1MPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneSep 2003Harford County

HURRICANE ISABEL

DR-1492-MD · Sep 18, 2003 to Sep 29, 2003
$1.3MPA obligated
487Registrations
$588KHousehold aid
IA, PA, HMPrograms
StormMar 2003Harford County

SNOW

EM-3179-MD · Feb 14, 2003 to Feb 23, 2003
$590KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
About this county

Disaster history context for Harford County

Harford County, Maryland has 20 FEMA disaster declarations on record, spanning from 1971 to 2026. The dominant hazard type is hurricane, followed by snowstorm. That is close to the Maryland average of 20 declarations per county. Total tracked FEMA obligations for this county exceed $12.5M, 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.