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Lawrence County, Ohio

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

Total declarations
16
1978 to 2020
Tracked FEMA aid
$13.0M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Severe Storm
558 registrations tracked
Most recent event
DR-4507
Mar 31, 2020
Cross-link

Need the flood-zone side of the story?

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.

Roads and Bridges$11.5M
Emergency Protective Measures$259K
Utilities$251K
Debris Removal$164K
Direct Administrative Costs$47K
Management Costs$44K
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$34K
Buildings and Equipment$16K
Total PA obligated$12.3M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations558
IHP / household aid$693K
Housing assistance$278K
Other needs assistance$415K
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 2020Lawrence County

COVID-19

EM-3457-OH · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
FloodJun 1996Lawrence County

FLOODING

DR-1122-OH · May 2, 1996 to Jun 24, 1996
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
About this county

Disaster history context for Lawrence County

Lawrence County, Ohio has 16 FEMA disaster declarations on record, spanning from 1978 to 2020. The dominant hazard type is severe storm, followed by flood. That is close to the Ohio average of 15 declarations per county. Total tracked FEMA obligations for this county exceed $13.0M, 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.