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Ontario County, New York

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

Total declarations
20
1972 to 2024
Tracked FEMA aid
$42.4M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Tropical Storm
458 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.

Emergency Protective Measures$30.8M
Roads and Bridges$7.2M
Debris Removal$1.3M
Management Costs$1.1M
Buildings and Equipment$490K
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$181K
Water Control Facilities$144K
Utilities$54K
Total PA obligated$41.3M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations458
IHP / household aid$1.1M
Housing assistance$111K
Other needs assistance$1.0M
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.

BiologicalMar 2020Ontario County

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

DR-4480-NY · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$30.9MPA obligated
167Registrations
$931KHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Ontario County

COVID-19

EM-3434-NY · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
OtherAug 2003Ontario County

POWER OUTAGE

EM-3186-NY · Aug 14, 2003 to Aug 16, 2003
$4KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
WinterMay 2003Ontario County

ICE STORM

DR-1467-NY · Apr 3, 2003 to Apr 5, 2003
$1.1MPA obligated
272Registrations
$160KHousehold aid
IA, PA, HMPrograms
WinterMar 1999Ontario County

SNOW

EM-3138-NY · Mar 3, 1999 to Mar 6, 1999
$283KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
About this county

Disaster history context for Ontario County

Ontario County, New York has 20 FEMA disaster declarations on record, spanning from 1972 to 2024. The dominant hazard type is tropical storm, followed by snowstorm. That is close to the New York average of 25 declarations per county. Total tracked FEMA obligations for this county exceed $42.4M, 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.