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Cape May County, New Jersey

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

Total declarations
34
1965 to 2021
Tracked FEMA aid
$69.5M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Hurricane
8,707 registrations tracked
Most recent event
DR-4614
Sep 5, 2021
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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.

Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$29.4M
Emergency Protective Measures$11.7M
Debris Removal$7.9M
Buildings and Equipment$3.1M
Roads and Bridges$2.5M
Water Control Facilities$2.4M
Utilities$304K
Management Costs$284K
Total PA obligated$57.5M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations8,707
IHP / household aid$11.9M
Housing assistance$9.6M
Other needs assistance$2.4M
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 2020Cape May County

COVID-19

EM-3451-NJ · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
HurricaneOct 2012Cape May County

HURRICANE SANDY

DR-4086-NJ · Oct 26, 2012 to Nov 8, 2012
$23.6MPA obligated
6,526Registrations
$8.8MHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
StormNov 2011Cape May County

SEVERE STORM

DR-4048-NJ · Oct 29, 2011 to Oct 30, 2011
$845KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneAug 2011Cape May County

HURRICANE IRENE

DR-4021-NJ · Aug 27, 2011 to Sep 5, 2011
$1.2MPA obligated
622Registrations
$321KHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
WinterMar 2003Cape May County

SNOW

EM-3181-NJ · Feb 16, 2003 to Feb 17, 2003
$300KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms