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Howard County, Maryland

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

Total declarations
22
1971 to 2026
Tracked FEMA aid
$324.5M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Flood
361 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.

Emergency Protective Measures$302.3M
Management Costs$7.6M
Roads and Bridges$4.6M
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$2.8M
Debris Removal$2.3M
Utilities$1.9M
Buildings and Equipment$672K
Water Control Facilities$572K
Total PA obligated$323.1M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations361
IHP / household aid$1.4M
Housing assistance$120K
Other needs assistance$1.3M
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 2020Howard County

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

DR-4491-MD · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$298.0MPA obligated
214Registrations
$1.2MHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Howard County

COVID-19

EM-3430-MD · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
StormApr 2014Howard County

SNOWSTORM

DR-4170-MD · Feb 12, 2014 to Feb 13, 2014
$721KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneNov 2012Howard County

HURRICANE SANDY

DR-4091-MD · Oct 26, 2012 to Nov 4, 2012
$692KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneAug 2011Howard County

HURRICANE IRENE

EM-3335-MD · Aug 26, 2011 to Sep 5, 2011
$323KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
HurricaneSep 2003Howard County

HURRICANE ISABEL

DR-1492-MD · Sep 18, 2003 to Sep 29, 2003
$729KPA obligated
147Registrations
$138KHousehold aid
IA, PA, HMPrograms
StormMar 2003Howard County

SNOW

EM-3179-MD · Feb 14, 2003 to Feb 23, 2003
$368KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms