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Union County, Pennsylvania

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

Total declarations
18
1972 to 2024
Tracked FEMA aid
$11.8M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Flood
588 registrations tracked
Most recent event
DR-4815
Sep 11, 2024
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$4.6M
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$4.2M
Roads and Bridges$667K
Water Control Facilities$136K
Debris Removal$82K
Utilities$55K
Management Costs$50K
Total PA obligated$9.8M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations588
IHP / household aid$1.9M
Housing assistance$828K
Other needs assistance$1.1M
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 2020Union County

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

DR-4506-PA · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$4.5MPA obligated
141Registrations
$776KHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Union County

COVID-19

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

HURRICANE SANDY

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

SNOW

EM-3180-PA · Feb 14, 2003 to Feb 19, 2003
$56KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
WinterJan 1996Union County

BLIZZARD OF 96

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

Disaster history context for Union County

Union County, Pennsylvania has 18 FEMA disaster declarations on record, spanning from 1972 to 2024. 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 $11.8M, 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.