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Wayne County, Pennsylvania

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

Total declarations
25
1965 to 2024
Tracked FEMA aid
$27.7M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Tropical Storm
1,082 registrations tracked
Most recent event
DR-4815
Sep 11, 2024
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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$17.3M
Roads and Bridges$7.9M
Debris Removal$161K
Buildings and Equipment$102K
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$69K
Utilities$62K
Water Control Facilities$60K
Management Costs$19K
Total PA obligated$25.6M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations1,082
IHP / household aid$2.1M
Housing assistance$1.4M
Other needs assistance$697K
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 2020Wayne County

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

DR-4506-PA · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$17.0MPA obligated
103Registrations
$526KHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Wayne County

COVID-19

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

HURRICANE SANDY

EM-3356-PA · Oct 26, 2012 to Nov 8, 2012
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
HurricaneSep 2011Wayne County

HURRICANE IRENE

DR-4025-PA · Aug 26, 2011 to Aug 30, 2011
$71KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
HurricaneAug 2011Wayne County

HURRICANE IRENE

EM-3339-PA · Aug 26, 2011 to Sep 14, 2011
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
WinterJan 1996Wayne County

BLIZZARD OF 96

DR-1085-PA · Jan 6, 1996 to Jan 12, 1996
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
WinterJan 1977Wayne County

SNOWSTORMS

EM-3026-PA · Jan 29, 1977
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
About this county

Disaster history context for Wayne County

Wayne County, Pennsylvania has 25 FEMA disaster declarations on record, spanning from 1965 to 2024. The dominant hazard type is tropical storm, followed by hurricane. That is above the Pennsylvania average of 19 declarations per county. Total tracked FEMA obligations for this county exceed $27.7M, 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.