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Maine: Federal Disaster Declarations
Maine has recorded 31 major disaster declarations since FY2000 (through FY2026), the federal government's fullest response to an event. Alongside those sit 14 emergency declarations and 0 fire management declarations, 45 in all. Its most common hazard is severe storm. It ranks #25 nationally by major disasters.
Totals: FY2000 to FY2026 · Page last rebuilt Oct 25, 2026 · the current in-progress fiscal year is not included in totals
Federal Public Assistance obligated
$808M has been obligated to Maine in Public Assistance since FY2000.
$225M followed major disasters other than COVID-19. $17M followed emergency declarations, which cover debris removal and emergency protective work only. $567M, or 70% of the total, was COVID-19, which every state and county in the country received.
Obligated is the committed share, not necessarily spent, and can be revised as projects close out. Totals are summed from funded localities, so a declaration administered entirely at state level may not appear here.
Most common hazards
- Severe Storm 19
- Snowstorm 10
- Flood 5
- Hurricane 4
- Biological 3
- Coastal Storm 2
- Winter Storm 1
- Freezing 1
All declarations on record
Major disaster (DR). The big one. Opens the full toolbox: repair money for public infrastructure, help for households, and mitigation funding to reduce the next loss.
Emergency (EM). Narrower and usually faster, for protective work before or during an incident. Capped, and rarely brings household assistance. Nearly every state and county has one from COVID-19.
Fire management (FM). Cost sharing to fight a wildfire as it burns. Not a disaster declaration, and it does not open recovery programs.
DR = Major disaster (Stafford Act) · EM = Emergency declaration · FM = Fire management assistance
Showing 45 declarations
| Date | Number | Type | Hazard | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 2024 | DR-4785-ME | DR | Winter Storm | Severe Winter Storm |
| Mar 20, 2024 | DR-4764-ME | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms And Flooding |
| Jan 30, 2024 | DR-4754-ME | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storm And Flooding |
| Sep 14, 2023 | EM-3598-ME | EM | Hurricane | Hurricane Lee |
| Sep 6, 2023 | DR-4737-ME | DR | Flood | Severe Storm And Flooding |
| Sep 5, 2023 | DR-4736-ME | DR | Flood | Severe Storm And Flooding |
| Jul 6, 2023 | DR-4719-ME | DR | Flood | Severe Storm And Flooding |
| Mar 22, 2023 | DR-4696-ME | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storm And Flooding |
| Mar 15, 2022 | DR-4647-ME | DR | Coastal Storm | Severe Storm And Flooding |
| Apr 4, 2020 | DR-4522-ME | DR | Biological | Covid-19 Pandemic |
| Mar 13, 2020 | EM-3444-ME | EM | Biological | Covid-19 |
| Mar 13, 2020 | EM-3498-ME | EM | Biological | Covid-19 |
| May 30, 2018 | DR-4367-ME | DR | Coastal Storm | Severe Storm And Flooding |
| Jan 2, 2018 | DR-4354-ME | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storm And Flooding |
| Mar 12, 2015 | DR-4208-ME | DR | Snowstorm | Severe Winter Storm, Snowstorm, And Flooding |
| Mar 25, 2013 | DR-4108-ME | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Winter Storm, Snowstorm, And Flooding |
| Sep 13, 2011 | DR-4032-ME | DR | Hurricane | Tropical Storm Irene |
| Feb 1, 2011 | DR-1953-ME | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms And Flooding |
| Jul 1, 2010 | DR-1920-ME | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms And Flooding |
| Mar 25, 2010 | DR-1891-ME | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Winter Storm |
| Jul 30, 2009 | DR-1852-ME | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Flooding, And Landslides |
| Jan 9, 2009 | DR-1815-ME | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Winter Storm And Flooding |
| Dec 15, 2008 | EM-3298-ME | EM | Severe Storm | Severe Winter Storm |
| Sep 9, 2008 | DR-1788-ME | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Flooding, And Tornadoes |
| May 9, 2008 | DR-1755-ME | DR | Flood | Severe Storms And Flooding |
| Aug 8, 2007 | DR-1716-ME | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms And Flooding |
| Apr 25, 2007 | DR-1693-ME | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms And Inland And Coastal Flooding |
| Apr 20, 2007 | DR-1691-ME | DR | Flood | Flooding |
| May 25, 2006 | DR-1644-ME | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms And Flooding |
| Feb 24, 2006 | EM-3265-ME | EM | Snowstorm | Snow |
| Sep 19, 2005 | EM-3256-ME | EM | Hurricane | Hurricane Katrina Evacuation |
| Jun 29, 2005 | DR-1591-ME | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Flooding, Snow Melt, And Ice Jams |
| Apr 21, 2005 | EM-3210-ME | EM | Snowstorm | Record Snow |
| Apr 1, 2005 | EM-3209-ME | EM | Snowstorm | Snow |
| Mar 14, 2005 | EM-3206-ME | EM | Snowstorm | Record And/Or Near Record Snow |
| Mar 14, 2005 | EM-3205-ME | EM | Snowstorm | Record And/Or Near Record Snow |
| Feb 5, 2004 | DR-1508-ME | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Flooding, Snow Melt And Ice Jams |
| Jan 26, 2004 | EM-3194-ME | EM | Snowstorm | Snow |
| Jan 15, 2004 | EM-3190-ME | EM | Snowstorm | Snow |
| May 14, 2003 | DR-1468-ME | DR | Freezing | Severe Winter Cold And Frost |
| Mar 11, 2003 | EM-3174-ME | EM | Snowstorm | Snow |
| May 16, 2001 | DR-1371-ME | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Winter Storms And Flooding |
| Mar 20, 2001 | EM-3164-ME | EM | Snowstorm | Snow |
| Apr 28, 2000 | DR-1326-ME | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Flooding, And Ice Jams |
| Nov 18, 1999 | DR-1308-ME | DR | Hurricane | Hurricane Floyd Major Disaster Declarations |
Individual Assistance to households
FEMA Individual Assistance to households across Maine, combined across the Housing Assistance owner and renter programs. Valid registrations are households that applied within a designated Individual Assistance area; approved figures are those FEMA found eligible under the Individuals and Households Program. Self-reported, drawn from NEMIS through OpenFEMA, and present only where Individual Assistance was designated.
| Assistance type | Approved amount |
|---|---|
| Repair and replacement | $13M |
| Rental assistance | $3M |
| Other needs | $8M |
Hazard mitigation funded
Federal Hazard Mitigation Assistance obligated across Maine to reduce future disaster losses, by program. Figures are federal share obligated, reported through OpenFEMA and not audited.
| Program | Projects | Federal share obligated |
|---|---|---|
| Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) | 361 | $35M |
| Pre-Disaster Mitigation (PDM) | 6 | $7M |
| Legislative Pre-Disaster Mitigation (LPDM) | 5 | $5M |
| Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA) | 11 | $1M |
| Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) | 6 | $146K |
Denied requests
FEMA turned down 4 declaration requests from Maine since FY2000, a declaration-request denial rate of 8.2%. This is the President denying a governor or tribal leader's request for a declaration, tracked in a separate FEMA dataset from approved declarations, and is not the same thing as an individual being denied assistance under an approved declaration.
| Date | Type | Hazard |
|---|---|---|
| Feb 21, 2014 | Major Disaster | Severe Ice Storm |
| Mar 28, 2008 | Emergency | Snowstorm |
| Jun 30, 2005 | Major Disaster | Fishing Losses |
| Apr 9, 2002 | Major Disaster | Drought |
Declarations not attributed to a specific locality
1 declaration in Maine applied statewide, or to areas FEMA did not tie to a single county or equivalent, such as wildfire management zones. They are included in the state totals above but do not appear on any individual jurisdiction page.
| Date | Number | Type | Hazard | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 14, 2023 | EM-3598-ME | EM | Hurricane | Hurricane Lee |
How these numbers are built
Every figure is drawn from FEMA's OpenFEMA datasets: the Disaster Declarations Summaries for declarations and the Declaration Denials dataset for turndowns, rebuilt automatically each week. A "declaration" is one unique combination of declaration type (DR / EM / FM), disaster number, and state, so a single disaster affecting five states counts as five declarations. Years are federal fiscal years (Oct 1 to Sep 30). Totals, ranks, and rates on this page cover complete fiscal years only. Declarations from the fiscal year still in progress are listed in each state's declaration tables and its recent-declarations panel, but are not counted in any total until the year is complete. Uses OpenFEMA data but is not endorsed by or affiliated with FEMA.