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Worcester County, Massachusetts

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

Total declarations
32
1985 to 2024
Tracked FEMA aid
$329.6M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Severe Storm
4,183 registrations tracked
Most recent event
DR-4780
May 15, 2024
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$279.8M
Debris Removal$16.8M
Management Costs$9.4M
Utilities$7.1M
Roads and Bridges$1.3M
Buildings and Equipment$296K
Emergency Work Donated Resources$258K
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$128K
Total PA obligated$315.2M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations4,183
IHP / household aid$14.5M
Housing assistance$5.6M
Other needs assistance$8.8M
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 2020Worcester County

COVID-19

EM-3438-MA · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
FloodApr 2004Worcester County

FLOODING

DR-1512-MA · Apr 1, 2004 to Apr 30, 2004
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
IA, HMPrograms
WinterJan 2004Worcester County

SNOW

EM-3191-MA · Dec 6, 2003 to Dec 7, 2003
$4.8MPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
WinterMar 2003Worcester County

SNOW

EM-3175-MA · Feb 17, 2003 to Feb 18, 2003
$2.1MPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
WinterMar 2001Worcester County

SNOW

EM-3165-MA · Mar 5, 2001 to Mar 7, 2001
$2.3MPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
About this county

Disaster history context for Worcester County

Worcester County, Massachusetts has 32 FEMA disaster declarations on record, spanning from 1985 to 2024. The dominant hazard type is severe storm, followed by snowstorm. That is close to the Massachusetts average of 29 declarations per county. Total tracked FEMA obligations for this county exceed $329.6M, 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.