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Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

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

Total declarations
25
1965 to 2021
Tracked FEMA aid
$380.6M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Hurricane
121,054 registrations tracked
Most recent event
DR-4618
Sep 10, 2021
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$203.9M
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$4.9M
Management Costs$2.7M
Water Control Facilities$2.5M
Buildings and Equipment$2.2M
Debris Removal$2.2M
Utilities$396K
Roads and Bridges$162K
Total PA obligated$219.0M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations121,054
IHP / household aid$161.6M
Housing assistance$112.8M
Other needs assistance$48.8M
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 2020Philadelphia County

COVID-19

EM-3441-PA · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
StormMar 2003Philadelphia County

SNOW

EM-3180-PA · Feb 14, 2003 to Feb 19, 2003
$4.9MPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
About this county

Disaster history context for Philadelphia County

Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania has 25 FEMA disaster declarations on record, spanning from 1965 to 2021. The dominant hazard type is hurricane, followed by snowstorm. That is above the Pennsylvania average of 19 declarations per county. Total tracked FEMA obligations for this county exceed $380.6M, 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.