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Berks County, Pennsylvania

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

Total declarations
23
1965 to 2020
Tracked FEMA aid
$30.3M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Severe Storm
1,901 registrations tracked
Most recent event
DR-4506
Mar 30, 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$20.1M
Roads and Bridges$1.3M
Utilities$1.3M
Buildings and Equipment$380K
Water Control Facilities$216K
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$204K
Debris Removal$197K
Management Costs$50K
Total PA obligated$23.8M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations1,901
IHP / household aid$6.5M
Housing assistance$1.5M
Other needs assistance$5.1M
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 2020Berks County

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

DR-4506-PA · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$17.5MPA obligated
835Registrations
$4.9MHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Berks County

COVID-19

EM-3441-PA · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
HurricaneOct 2012Berks County

HURRICANE SANDY

EM-3356-PA · Oct 26, 2012 to Nov 8, 2012
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
StormMar 2003Berks County

SNOW

EM-3180-PA · Feb 14, 2003 to Feb 19, 2003
$638KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
WinterJan 1996Berks County

BLIZZARD OF 96

DR-1085-PA · Jan 6, 1996 to Jan 12, 1996
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms