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Monroe County, Pennsylvania

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

Total declarations
21
1965 to 2020
Tracked FEMA aid
$42.1M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Flood
2,341 registrations tracked
Most recent event
DR-4506
Mar 30, 2020
Cross-link

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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$33.9M
Roads and Bridges$1.5M
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$685K
Debris Removal$367K
Utilities$91K
Buildings and Equipment$36K
Management Costs$4K
Total PA obligated$36.5M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations2,341
IHP / household aid$5.5M
Housing assistance$3.3M
Other needs assistance$2.3M
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 2020Monroe County

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

DR-4506-PA · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$33.3MPA obligated
322Registrations
$1.6MHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Monroe County

COVID-19

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

HURRICANE SANDY

DR-4099-PA · Oct 26, 2012 to Nov 8, 2012
$465KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneSep 2011Monroe County

HURRICANE IRENE

DR-4025-PA · Aug 26, 2011 to Aug 30, 2011
$513KPA obligated
444Registrations
$530KHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneAug 2011Monroe County

HURRICANE IRENE

EM-3339-PA · Aug 26, 2011 to Sep 14, 2011
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
About this county

Disaster history context for Monroe County

Monroe County, Pennsylvania has 21 FEMA disaster declarations on record, spanning from 1965 to 2020. The dominant hazard type is flood, followed by flood. That is close to the Pennsylvania average of 19 declarations per county. Total tracked FEMA obligations for this county exceed $42.1M, 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.