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Queens County, New York

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

Total declarations
25
1965 to 2021
Tracked FEMA aid
$907.0M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Hurricane
91,586 registrations tracked
Most recent event
DR-4615
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.

Debris Removal$336.7M
Emergency Protective Measures$163.8M
Buildings and Equipment$19.0M
Roads and Bridges$8.3M
Management Costs$2.7M
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$2.3M
Emergency Work Donated Resources$255K
Total PA obligated$532.9M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations91,586
IHP / household aid$374.1M
Housing assistance$291.5M
Other needs assistance$82.6M
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.

HurricaneAug 2021Queens County

HURRICANE HENRI

EM-3565-NY · Aug 21, 2021 to Aug 24, 2021
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Queens County

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

DR-4480-NY · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$150.6MPA obligated
5,695Registrations
$31.0MHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Queens County

COVID-19

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

HURRICANE SANDY

DR-4085-NY · Oct 27, 2012 to Nov 8, 2012
$11.7MPA obligated
57,003Registrations
$266.0MHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneAug 2011Queens County

HURRICANE IRENE

DR-4020-NY · Aug 26, 2011 to Sep 5, 2011
$958KPA obligated
2,358Registrations
$3.8MHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
OtherAug 2003Queens County

POWER OUTAGE

EM-3186-NY · Aug 14, 2003 to Aug 16, 2003
$50KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
WinterMar 2003Queens County

SNOW

EM-3184-NY · Feb 17, 2003 to Feb 18, 2003
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
About this county

Disaster history context for Queens County

Queens County, New York has 25 FEMA disaster declarations on record, spanning from 1965 to 2021. The dominant hazard type is hurricane, followed by severe storm. That is close to the New York average of 25 declarations per county. Total tracked FEMA obligations for this county exceed $907.0M, 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.