Home / New Jersey / Essex County
County page

Essex County, New Jersey

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

Total declarations
33
1965 to 2021
Tracked FEMA aid
$1.2B
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Hurricane
57,489 registrations tracked
Most recent event
DR-4614
Sep 5, 2021
Cross-link

Need the flood-zone side of the story?

The same county on FloodZoneMap.org covers flood-zone context, map interpretation, and related flood insurance questions that sit adjacent to this disaster-history page.

Open FloodZoneMap.org
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.

Utilities$534.2M
Emergency Protective Measures$382.9M
Buildings and Equipment$73.9M
Debris Removal$37.2M
Management Costs$12.3M
Roads and Bridges$11.6M
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$9.2M
Water Control Facilities$1.6M
Total PA obligated$1.1B

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations57,489
IHP / household aid$89.8M
Housing assistance$67.9M
Other needs assistance$21.9M
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 2020Essex County

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

DR-4488-NJ · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$341.3MPA obligated
2,358Registrations
$13.5MHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Essex County

COVID-19

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

HURRICANE SANDY

DR-4086-NJ · Oct 26, 2012 to Nov 8, 2012
$625.4MPA obligated
26,752Registrations
$5.0MHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneOct 2012Essex County

HURRICANE SANDY

EM-3354-NJ · Oct 26, 2012 to Nov 8, 2012
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
StormNov 2011Essex County

SEVERE STORM

DR-4048-NJ · Oct 29, 2011 to Oct 30, 2011
$5.2MPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneAug 2011Essex County

HURRICANE IRENE

DR-4021-NJ · Aug 27, 2011 to Sep 5, 2011
$8.9MPA obligated
8,531Registrations
$16.3MHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneAug 2011Essex County

HURRICANE IRENE

EM-3332-NJ · Aug 26, 2011 to Sep 5, 2011
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
OtherSep 2003Essex County

POWER OUTAGE

EM-3188-NJ · Aug 14, 2003 to Aug 16, 2003
$512KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
WinterMar 2003Essex County

SNOW

EM-3181-NJ · Feb 16, 2003 to Feb 17, 2003
$2.8MPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
WinterMar 1993Essex County

SEVERE BLIZZARD

EM-3106-NJ · Mar 13, 1993 to Mar 17, 1993
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms