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Summit County, Ohio

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

Total declarations
14
1969 to 2020
Tracked FEMA aid
$30.8M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Severe Storm
8,071 registrations tracked
Most recent event
DR-4507
Mar 31, 2020
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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$13.4M
Roads and Bridges$1.7M
Debris Removal$1.3M
Utilities$802K
Buildings and Equipment$357K
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$247K
Water Control Facilities$25K
Emergency Work Donated Resources$175
Total PA obligated$17.9M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations8,071
IHP / household aid$13.0M
Housing assistance$4.7M
Other needs assistance$8.3M
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 2020Summit County

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

DR-4507-OH · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$12.9MPA obligated
1,217Registrations
$6.2MHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Summit County

COVID-19

EM-3457-OH · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
StormJun 2012Summit County

SEVERE STORMS

EM-3346-OH · Jun 29, 2012 to Jul 2, 2012
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
OtherSep 2003Summit County

POWER OUTAGE

EM-3187-OH · Aug 14, 2003 to Aug 17, 2003
$52KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
TornadoeApr 1974Summit County

TORNADOES

DR-421-OH · Apr 4, 1974
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
IA, PAPrograms
About this county

Disaster history context for Summit County

Summit County, Ohio has 14 FEMA disaster declarations on record, spanning from 1969 to 2020. The dominant hazard type is severe storm, followed by tornado. That is close to the Ohio average of 15 declarations per county. Total tracked FEMA obligations for this county exceed $30.8M, 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.