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Suffolk County, Massachusetts

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

Total declarations
38
1972 to 2023
Tracked FEMA aid
$1.5B
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Severe Storm
5,227 registrations tracked
Most recent event
DR-3599
Sep 15, 2023
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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$1.5B
Management Costs$5.4M
Buildings and Equipment$3.9M
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$2.4M
Debris Removal$1.1M
Utilities$1.1M
Roads and Bridges$1.0M
Emergency Work Donated Resources$604K
Total PA obligated$1.5B

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations5,227
IHP / household aid$16.4M
Housing assistance$4.3M
Other needs assistance$12.0M
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.

HurricaneSep 2023Suffolk County

HURRICANE LEE

EM-3599-MA · Sep 15, 2023 to Sep 17, 2023
$173KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Suffolk County

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

DR-4496-MA · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$1.4BPA obligated
1,935Registrations
$11.7MHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Suffolk County

COVID-19

EM-3438-MA · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
TerroristApr 2013Suffolk County

EXPLOSIONS

EM-3362-MA · Apr 15, 2013 to Apr 22, 2013
$3.9MPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
HurricaneDec 2012Suffolk County

HURRICANE SANDY

DR-4097-MA · Oct 27, 2012 to Nov 8, 2012
$4.3MPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneSep 2010Suffolk County

HURRICANE EARL

EM-3315-MA · Sep 1, 2010 to Sep 4, 2010
$63KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
FloodApr 2004Suffolk County

FLOODING

DR-1512-MA · Apr 1, 2004 to Apr 30, 2004
$0PA obligated
109Registrations
$161KHousehold aid
IA, HMPrograms
WinterJan 2004Suffolk County

SNOW

EM-3191-MA · Dec 6, 2003 to Dec 7, 2003
$4.3MPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
WinterMar 2003Suffolk County

SNOW

EM-3175-MA · Feb 17, 2003 to Feb 18, 2003
$11.2MPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
StormNov 1991Suffolk County

COASTAL STORM

DR-920-MA · Oct 30, 1991 to Nov 2, 1991
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
IA, PAPrograms