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Luzerne County, Pennsylvania

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

Total declarations
23
1972 to 2021
Tracked FEMA aid
$71.1M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Hurricane
7,730 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$13.9M
Emergency Protective Measures$11.6M
Debris Removal$7.4M
Utilities$4.7M
Water Control Facilities$4.1M
Buildings and Equipment$1.6M
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$1.0M
Management Costs$150K
Total PA obligated$44.5M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations7,730
IHP / household aid$26.6M
Housing assistance$18.3M
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 2020Luzerne County

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

DR-4506-PA · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$7.4MPA obligated
1,124Registrations
$6.1MHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Luzerne County

COVID-19

EM-3441-PA · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
HurricaneSep 2011Luzerne County

HURRICANE IRENE

DR-4025-PA · Aug 26, 2011 to Aug 30, 2011
$1.3MPA obligated
358Registrations
$450KHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms