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Yates County, New York

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

Total declarations
21
1972 to 2024
Tracked FEMA aid
$17.4M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Flood
32 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$11.2M
Emergency Protective Measures$3.2M
Debris Removal$1.1M
Buildings and Equipment$943K
Management Costs$773K
Utilities$72K
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$66K
Water Control Facilities$58K
Total PA obligated$17.3M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations32
IHP / household aid$86K
Housing assistance$10K
Other needs assistance$76K
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 2020Yates County

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

DR-4480-NY · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$3.3MPA obligated
12Registrations
$75KHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Yates County

COVID-19

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

HURRICANE SANDY

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

POWER OUTAGE

EM-3186-NY · Aug 14, 2003 to Aug 16, 2003
$717PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
WinterMay 2003Yates County

ICE STORM

DR-1467-NY · Apr 3, 2003 to Apr 5, 2003
$65KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
WinterMar 1993Yates 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 Yates County

Yates County, New York has 21 FEMA disaster declarations on record, spanning from 1972 to 2024. The dominant hazard type is flood, followed by flood. That is close to the New York average of 25 declarations per county. Total tracked FEMA obligations for this county exceed $17.4M, 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.