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Essex County, New York

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

Total declarations
25
1993 to 2024
Tracked FEMA aid
$42.9M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Tropical Storm
610 registrations tracked
Most recent event
DR-4825
Sep 24, 2024
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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.

Roads and Bridges$27.4M
Emergency Protective Measures$4.2M
Utilities$3.8M
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$2.1M
Debris Removal$1.3M
Water Control Facilities$887K
Buildings and Equipment$697K
Management Costs$270K
Total PA obligated$40.5M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations610
IHP / household aid$2.3M
Housing assistance$2.0M
Other needs assistance$332K
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-4480-NY · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$216KPA obligated
38Registrations
$190KHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Essex County

COVID-19

EM-3434-NY · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
HurricaneOct 2012Essex County

HURRICANE SANDY

EM-3351-NY · Oct 27, 2012 to Nov 8, 2012
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
HurricaneAug 2011Essex County

HURRICANE IRENE

DR-4020-NY · Aug 26, 2011 to Sep 5, 2011
$16.5MPA obligated
572Registrations
$2.1MHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
OtherAug 2003Essex County

POWER OUTAGE

EM-3186-NY · Aug 14, 2003 to Aug 16, 2003
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
EarthquakeMay 2002Essex County

EARTHQUAKE

DR-1415-NY · Apr 20, 2002
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
IA, HMPrograms
WinterMar 1993Essex County

SEVERE BLIZZARD

EM-3107-NY · Mar 13, 1993 to Mar 17, 1993
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms