Cecil County, Maryland

Name: Cecil County, Maryland FEMA disaster declarations
Creator: Disaster Data

Cecil County recorded 13 federal disaster and emergency declarations since FY2000 (through FY2025): 8 major disasters, 5 emergencies, and 0 fire-management declarations. Its most common hazard is hurricane.

Declarations since FY2000

Major disasters (DR)

Emergencies (EM)

Fire management (FM)

Jan 2026

Most recent

$4.2M

Federal PA obligated (top: emergency protective measures)

The federal disaster record for Cecil County runs between 2003 and 2020, covering 13 declarations in all. Its most recent major disaster declaration was Covid-19 Pandemic in 2020. The hazards behind these declarations were most often hurricane, snowstorm, and biological. Since 2000, FEMA has obligated about $4.2 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)	102	$3,575,458
Debris removal(A)	25	$242,885
Roads and bridges(C)	21	$139,602
Utilities(F)	6	$96,561
Parks and recreation(G)	11	$91,871
Buildings and equipment(E)	7	$32,863
Water control facilities(D)	1	$5,514
All categories	173	$4,184,754

Most common hazards

Hurricane 6
Snowstorm 3
Biological 2
Flood 1
Severe Storm 1

Previous occurrences, for your mitigation plan

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

Hazard	Date	FEMA declaration	Type
Biological	Mar 26, 2020	DR-4491-MD	DR
Biological	Mar 13, 2020	EM-3430-MD	EM
Snowstorm	Mar 4, 2016	DR-4261-MD	DR
Hurricane	Nov 20, 2012	DR-4091-MD	DR
Hurricane	Oct 28, 2012	EM-3349-MD	EM
Flood	Oct 5, 2011	DR-4038-MD	DR
Hurricane	Sep 16, 2011	DR-4034-MD	DR
Hurricane	Aug 27, 2011	EM-3335-MD	EM
Snowstorm	May 6, 2010	DR-1910-MD	DR
Snowstorm	Feb 19, 2010	DR-1875-MD	DR
Hurricane	Sep 13, 2005	EM-3251-MD	EM
Hurricane	Sep 19, 2003	DR-1492-MD	DR
Severe Storm	Mar 14, 2003	EM-3179-MD	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
Mar 26, 2020	DR-4491-MD	DR	Biological	Covid-19 Pandemic
Mar 13, 2020	EM-3430-MD	EM	Biological	Covid-19
Mar 4, 2016	DR-4261-MD	DR	Snowstorm	Severe Winter Storm And Snowstorm
Nov 20, 2012	DR-4091-MD	DR	Hurricane	Hurricane Sandy
Oct 28, 2012	EM-3349-MD	EM	Hurricane	Hurricane Sandy
Oct 5, 2011	DR-4038-MD	DR	Flood	Remnants Of Tropical Storm Lee
Sep 16, 2011	DR-4034-MD	DR	Hurricane	Hurricane Irene
Aug 27, 2011	EM-3335-MD	EM	Hurricane	Hurricane Irene
May 6, 2010	DR-1910-MD	DR	Snowstorm	Severe Winter Storms And Snowstorms
Feb 19, 2010	DR-1875-MD	DR	Snowstorm	Severe Winter Storm And Snowstorm
Sep 13, 2005	EM-3251-MD	EM	Hurricane	Hurricane Katrina Evacuation
Sep 19, 2003	DR-1492-MD	DR	Hurricane	Hurricane Isabel
Mar 14, 2003	EM-3179-MD	EM	Severe Storm	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 Maryland'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.