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Massachusetts disaster history

County pages for Massachusetts, ordered by declaration count and backed by the FEMA datasets described in the brief.

Declarations
406
County declaration rows
Counties affected
14
State pages with county rollups
Tracked FEMA aid
$4.2B
PA + assistance signals
Top incident
Hurricane
May 15, 2024
County directory

Counties with the most declarations

These are the county pages most likely to match long-tail “county + disaster history” searches.

Essex County40 declarationsNorfolk County38 declarationsSuffolk County38 declarationsMiddlesex County35 declarationsPlymouth County32 declarationsWorcester County32 declarationsBristol County30 declarationsBarnstable County27 declarationsHampden County24 declarationsBerkshire County23 declarationsHampshire County23 declarationsDukes County22 declarationsFranklin County22 declarationsNantucket County20 declarations
Recent declarations

Latest county-level events

HurricaneSep 2023Bristol County

HURRICANE LEE

EM-3599-MA · Sep 15, 2023 to Sep 17, 2023
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
HurricaneSep 2023Dukes County

HURRICANE LEE

EM-3599-MA · Sep 15, 2023 to Sep 17, 2023
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
HurricaneSep 2023Essex County

HURRICANE LEE

EM-3599-MA · Sep 15, 2023 to Sep 17, 2023
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
HurricaneSep 2023Franklin County

HURRICANE LEE

EM-3599-MA · Sep 15, 2023 to Sep 17, 2023
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
HurricaneSep 2023Hampden County

HURRICANE LEE

EM-3599-MA · Sep 15, 2023 to Sep 17, 2023
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
HurricaneSep 2023Norfolk County

HURRICANE LEE

EM-3599-MA · Sep 15, 2023 to Sep 17, 2023
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
HurricaneSep 2023Plymouth County

HURRICANE LEE

EM-3599-MA · Sep 15, 2023 to Sep 17, 2023
$3KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
HurricaneSep 2023Suffolk County

HURRICANE LEE

EM-3599-MA · Sep 15, 2023 to Sep 17, 2023
$173KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
About this state

FEMA disaster context for Massachusetts

Massachusetts has 406 county-level FEMA disaster declarations spread across 14 counties. The most common declaration type is hurricane. Across all counties, FEMA datasets track $4.2B in combined public and individual assistance obligations.

The counties with the heaviest disaster history are Essex County (40 declarations), Norfolk County (38), and Suffolk County (38). Each county page breaks down the timeline, hazard mix, spending categories, and flood insurance signals for that specific area.

Declaration counts reflect how often FEMA formally declared a disaster or emergency affecting a county — not the total number of natural events. A single hurricane can generate declarations across dozens of counties and multiple states. The county pages linked above show the per-county detail behind these state-level totals.