Northumberland County, Pennsylvania
County-level FEMA declaration history, assistance rollups, and flood insurance context for Northumberland County.
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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.
Individual assistance
Registrations, housing assistance, and other-needs dollars surfaced through the FEMA assistance datasets.
Every declaration on record for this county
Ordered newest to oldest so recent search intent is handled first, without losing the long historical tail.
COVID-19
HURRICANE SANDY
TROPICAL STORM LEE
REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM LEE
SEVERE STORMS, FLOODING, AND MUDSLIDES
HURRICANE KATRINA
TROPICAL DEPRESSION IVAN
SEVERE STORMS AND FLOODING ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL DEPRESSION FRANCES
SNOW
TROPICAL DEPRESSION DENNIS PA
SEVERE STORMS AND FLOODING
BLIZZARD OF 96
SEVERE WINTER STORMS
SEVERE SNOWFALL & WINTER STORM
SEVERE STORMS, HIGH WINDS & TORNADOES
SEVERE STORMS & FLOODING
SEVERE STORMS, HEAVY RAINS & FLOODING
TROPICAL STORM AGNES
Disaster history context for Northumberland County
Northumberland County, Pennsylvania has 19 FEMA disaster declarations on record, spanning from 1972 to 2020. The dominant hazard type is flood, followed by severe storm. That is close to the Pennsylvania average of 19 declarations per county. Total tracked FEMA obligations for this county exceed $15.8M, 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.