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Bedford County, Pennsylvania

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

Total declarations
21
1972 to 2021
Tracked FEMA aid
$7.2M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Flood
790 registrations tracked
Most recent event
DR-4618
Sep 10, 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.

Roads and Bridges$2.7M
Emergency Protective Measures$705K
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$576K
Utilities$566K
Water Control Facilities$206K
Debris Removal$196K
Management Costs$96K
Buildings and Equipment$15K
Total PA obligated$5.1M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations790
IHP / household aid$2.1M
Housing assistance$1.4M
Other needs assistance$724K
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 2020Bedford County

COVID-19

EM-3441-PA · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
HurricaneJan 2013Bedford County

HURRICANE SANDY

DR-4099-PA · Oct 26, 2012 to Nov 8, 2012
$139KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
StormMar 2003Bedford County

SNOW

EM-3180-PA · Feb 14, 2003 to Feb 19, 2003
$108KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
About this county

Disaster history context for Bedford County

Bedford County, Pennsylvania has 21 FEMA disaster declarations on record, spanning from 1972 to 2021. The dominant hazard type is flood, followed by hurricane. That is close to the Pennsylvania average of 19 declarations per county. Total tracked FEMA obligations for this county exceed $7.2M, 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.