Penobscot County, Maine

Name: Penobscot County, Maine FEMA disaster declarations
Creator: Disaster Data

Penobscot County recorded 13 federal disaster and emergency declarations since FY2000 (through FY2025): 6 major disasters, 7 emergencies, and 0 fire-management declarations. Its most common hazard is snowstorm.

Declarations since FY2000

Major disasters (DR)

Emergencies (EM)

Fire management (FM)

Jan 2024

Most recent

$86.8M

Federal PA obligated (top: emergency protective measures)

The federal disaster record for Penobscot County runs between 2001 and 2024, covering 13 declarations in all. Its most recent major disaster declaration was Severe Storm And Flooding in 2024. The hazards behind these declarations were most often snowstorm, severe storm, and biological. Since 2000, FEMA has obligated about $86.8 million in Public Assistance funding to the jurisdiction, most of it for emergency protective measures.

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Federal Public Assistance by category

Federal share obligated to this jurisdiction under FEMA Public Assistance since 2000, grouped by damage category. Figures are rounded to the nearest dollar and reflect obligations, which may change as projects close out.

Category	Projects	Federal share obligated
Emergency protective measures(B)	263	$78,093,516
Management costs(Z)	25	$3,919,343
Buildings and equipment(E)	19	$2,194,522
Roads and bridges(C)	60	$1,380,366
Debris removal(A)	29	$660,485
Parks and recreation(G)	23	$254,795
Utilities(F)	15	$252,559
Water control facilities(D)	2	$7,373
All categories	436	$86,762,959

Most common hazards

Snowstorm 5
Severe Storm 3
Biological 2
Freezing 1
Flood 1
Hurricane 1

Previous occurrences, for your mitigation plan

Every local hazard mitigation plan must document previous occurrences of each hazard. Here is that record for Penobscot County, sourced to OpenFEMA and refreshed weekly. Copy it straight into your plan.

Hazard	Date	FEMA declaration	Type
Severe Storm	Jan 30, 2024	DR-4754-ME	DR
Biological	Apr 4, 2020	DR-4522-ME	DR
Biological	Mar 13, 2020	EM-3444-ME	EM
Severe Storm	Jan 2, 2018	DR-4354-ME	DR
Flood	May 9, 2008	DR-1755-ME	DR
Hurricane	Sep 19, 2005	EM-3256-ME	EM
Snowstorm	Apr 1, 2005	EM-3209-ME	EM
Snowstorm	Mar 14, 2005	EM-3206-ME	EM
Snowstorm	Jan 26, 2004	EM-3194-ME	EM
Snowstorm	Jan 15, 2004	EM-3190-ME	EM
Freezing	May 14, 2003	DR-1468-ME	DR
Severe Storm	May 16, 2001	DR-1371-ME	DR
Snowstorm	Mar 20, 2001	EM-3164-ME	EM

Every declaration on record

DR = Major disaster (Stafford Act) · EM = Emergency declaration · FM = Fire management assistance

Showing 13 declarations

Date	Number	Type	Hazard	Title
Jan 30, 2024	DR-4754-ME	DR	Severe 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
Jan 2, 2018	DR-4354-ME	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Storm And Flooding
May 9, 2008	DR-1755-ME	DR	Flood	Severe Storms And Flooding
Sep 19, 2005	EM-3256-ME	EM	Hurricane	Hurricane Katrina Evacuation
Apr 1, 2005	EM-3209-ME	EM	Snowstorm	Snow
Mar 14, 2005	EM-3206-ME	EM	Snowstorm	Record And/Or Near Record Snow
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
May 16, 2001	DR-1371-ME	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Winter Storms And Flooding
Mar 20, 2001	EM-3164-ME	EM	Snowstorm	Snow

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How these numbers are built

Drawn from FEMA's OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries, rebuilt each week. A declaration is counted here once for each designated area it names, so a single disaster covering many localities is counted in each one. For that reason these jurisdiction counts do not sum to Maine's statewide total. This page counts declarations that named this jurisdiction as a designated area. Totals cover complete fiscal years (Oct 1 to Sep 30); the in-progress year may appear in the most-recent list but is not counted in the totals. Uses OpenFEMA data but is not endorsed by or affiliated with FEMA.