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Rensselaer County, New York

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

Total declarations
29
1973 to 2021
Tracked FEMA aid
$47.5M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Severe Storm
1,074 registrations tracked
Most recent event
DR-3565
Aug 22, 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.

Emergency Protective Measures$31.0M
Roads and Bridges$7.6M
Debris Removal$2.1M
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$1.6M
Emergency Work Donated Resources$716K
Water Control Facilities$598K
Buildings and Equipment$357K
Management Costs$337K
Total PA obligated$44.6M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations1,074
IHP / household aid$2.9M
Housing assistance$1.8M
Other needs assistance$1.2M
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 2020Rensselaer County

COVID-19

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

SNOWSTORMS

EM-3173-NY · Dec 25, 2002 to Jan 4, 2003
$894KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
About this county

Disaster history context for Rensselaer County

Rensselaer County, New York has 29 FEMA disaster declarations on record, spanning from 1973 to 2021. The dominant hazard type is severe storm, followed by hurricane. That is close to the New York average of 25 declarations per county. Total tracked FEMA obligations for this county exceed $47.5M, 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.