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Wayne County, New York

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

Total declarations
17
1972 to 2020
Tracked FEMA aid
$6.2M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Snowstorm
1,561 registrations tracked
Most recent event
DR-4480
Mar 20, 2020
Cross-link

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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.

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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$2.5M
Debris Removal$1.8M
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$546K
Emergency Work Donated Resources$58K
Buildings and Equipment$30K
Roads and Bridges$14K
Management Costs$13K
Total PA obligated$4.9M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations1,561
IHP / household aid$1.3M
Housing assistance$382K
Other needs assistance$916K
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 2020Wayne County

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

DR-4480-NY · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$1.0MPA obligated
103Registrations
$413KHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Wayne County

COVID-19

EM-3434-NY · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
FloodNov 2017Wayne County

FLOODING

DR-4348-NY · May 2, 2017 to Aug 6, 2017
$1.1MPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneOct 2012Wayne County

HURRICANE SANDY

EM-3351-NY · Oct 27, 2012 to Nov 8, 2012
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
OtherAug 2003Wayne County

POWER OUTAGE

EM-3186-NY · Aug 14, 2003 to Aug 16, 2003
$2KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
WinterMay 2003Wayne County

ICE STORM

DR-1467-NY · Apr 3, 2003 to Apr 5, 2003
$2.6MPA obligated
1,418Registrations
$860KHousehold aid
IA, PA, HMPrograms
WinterMar 1999Wayne County

SNOW

EM-3138-NY · Mar 3, 1999 to Mar 6, 1999
$228KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
WinterMar 1993Wayne County

SEVERE BLIZZARD

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

Disaster history context for Wayne County

Wayne County, New York has 17 FEMA disaster declarations on record, spanning from 1972 to 2020. The dominant hazard type is snowstorm, followed by flood. That is below the New York average of 25 declarations per county. Total tracked FEMA obligations for this county exceed $6.2M, 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.