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Providence County, Rhode Island

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

Total declarations
25
1978 to 2024
Tracked FEMA aid
$851.6M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Hurricane
15,168 registrations tracked
Most recent event
DR-4765
Mar 20, 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$790.7M
Management Costs$10.7M
Debris Removal$5.0M
Roads and Bridges$2.9M
Utilities$1.1M
Buildings and Equipment$963K
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$789K
Section 324 Management Costs$586K
Total PA obligated$812.9M

Individual assistance

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

Tracked registrations15,168
IHP / household aid$38.7M
Housing assistance$28.2M
Other needs assistance$10.6M
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 2020Providence County

COVID-19

EM-3440-RI · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
WinterFeb 2005Providence County

RECORD SNOW

EM-3203-RI · Jan 22, 2005 to Jan 23, 2005
$4.5MPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
WinterMar 2003Providence County

SNOW

EM-3182-RI · Feb 17, 2003 to Feb 18, 2003
$1.8MPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
About this county

Disaster history context for Providence County

Providence County, Rhode Island has 25 FEMA disaster declarations on record, spanning from 1978 to 2024. The dominant hazard type is hurricane, followed by snowstorm. That is close to the Rhode Island average of 23 declarations per county. Total tracked FEMA obligations for this county exceed $851.6M, 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.