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Sullivan County, New Hampshire

Sullivan County recorded 14 federal major disaster declarations since FY2000 (through FY2026), the federal government's fullest response to an event. Alongside those sit 10 emergency declarations and 0 fire management declarations, 24 in all. Its most common hazard is severe storm.

Highlighted: Sullivan County, NH

Totals: FY2000 to FY2026 · Page last rebuilt Oct 26, 2026 · the current in-progress fiscal year is not included in totals

14
Major disasters
10
Emergency declarations
0
Fire management grants
24
All declarations on record
Jul 2024
Most recent
$21.3M
Federal PA obligated (top: roads and bridges)

The federal disaster record for Sullivan County runs between 2003 and 2024, covering 24 declarations in all. Its most recent major disaster declaration was Severe Winter Storm And Flooding in 2024. The hazards behind these declarations were most often severe storm, hurricane, and snowstorm. Since 2000, FEMA has obligated about $21.3 million in Public Assistance funding to the jurisdiction, most of it for roads and bridges.

Risk and vulnerability context

Historical declarations show what has happened here. These national datasets add context about underlying natural-hazard risk and community vulnerability.

County FIPS 33019
CDC / ATSDR

Social Vulnerability Index

2022 county-level SVI
21.9
overall percentile nationally

Approximately 21.9% of U.S. counties have an equal or lower overall SVI ranking.

Socioeconomic status38.5
Household characteristics6.6
Racial and ethnic minority status14.6
Housing type and transportation38.8

Higher percentiles indicate greater relative social vulnerability within the CDC SVI framework. CDC SVI documentation

FEMA

National Risk Index

December 2025
37.6
overall risk score
Very Low
Expected annual loss$15.0MRelatively Low
NRI social vulnerability14.1Very Low
Community resilience69.7Relatively High

The NRI combines expected annual loss, social vulnerability, and community resilience to describe relative natural-hazard risk. FEMA NRI documentation

About these measures: CDC Social Vulnerability Index and FEMA National Risk Index Social Vulnerability are separate measures built with different methods. They are shown side by side for context and should not be interpreted as equivalent scores.

Federal Public Assistance obligated

$21M has been obligated to Sullivan County in Public Assistance since FY2000.

$20M followed major disasters other than COVID-19. $263K followed emergency declarations, which cover debris removal and emergency protective work only. $722K, or 3% of the total, was COVID-19, which every county in the country received.

Obligated is the committed share, not necessarily spent, and can be revised as projects close out.

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.

CategoryProjectsFederal share obligated
Roads and bridges(C)301$18,272,495
Emergency protective measures(B)126$2,266,641
Debris removal(A)39$283,279
Management costs(Z)16$244,750
Utilities(F)4$181,774
Parks and recreation(G)4$40,790
Buildings and equipment(E)3$23,860
All categories493$21,313,589

Recovery funding, how fast it came

For each disaster, the wait from the declaration to the first federal obligation (amber), then the federal share obligating after that (teal), on a shared 5-year scale. Typical wait to the first obligation here: about 165 days. An obligation is the federal share committed to the recipient state, not funds disbursed to the locality, which comes later and is not shown.

Severe Storms And Flooding 2023$7.1M
169 days to first federal obligation
Severe Storm And Flooding 2021$8.5M
338 days to first federal obligation
Covid-19 Pandemic 2020$722K
223 days to first federal obligation
Severe Storm And Flooding 2018$120K
161 days to first federal obligation
Severe Storms, Tornadoes, And Flooding 2013$666K
80 days to first federal obligation
Severe Winter Storm And Snowstorm 2013$106K
44 days to first federal obligation
Declared1 yr2 yr3 yr4 yr5 yr

Assistance to households (Individual Assistance)

FEMA Individual Assistance to households in this jurisdiction, combined across the Housing Assistance owner and renter programs. Valid registrations are households that applied within a designated Individual Assistance area; approved counts and dollars are the households FEMA found eligible under the Individuals and Households Program. Figures are self-reported and drawn from NEMIS through OpenFEMA, not audited, and Individual Assistance exists only for disasters where it was designated, so many jurisdictions show none.

93
valid registrations
42
households approved
$158,075
total IHP approved
Assistance typeApproved amount
Repair and replacement$59,398
Rental assistance$679
Other needs$97,998

Hazard mitigation, what has been funded here

Federal Hazard Mitigation Assistance obligated to this jurisdiction to reduce future disaster losses, across the FEMA mitigation programs. This is the record of past mitigation investment a local hazard mitigation plan documents. Figures are federal share obligated, reported through OpenFEMA and not audited, and are separate from the Public Assistance funding above.

$2,292,970
federal mitigation share
18
funded projects
3
properties mitigated
ProgramProjectsFederal share obligated
Hazard Mitigation Grant Program(HMGP)14$1,815,752
Pre-Disaster Mitigation(PDM)4$477,218

State declarations (governor)

Emergency declarations issued by the governor of this state, which are separate from and usually precede a federal declaration. A declaration is listed here when NOAA Storm Events recorded reports of the matched hazard in this jurisdiction while the order was in effect. That is evidence of local impact during a declared state emergency. It is not a statement that the governor named this jurisdiction in the order, since most state declarations apply statewide and name no localities at all. Hazard categories come from the order text. Damage figures are NOAA storm report estimates for this jurisdiction only, not the cost of the declaration.

1
state declarations with local storm evidence
14
statewide on record

Archive coverage for New Hampshire: 1990-present official Secretary of State registry; older non-ADA PDFs may require OCR; this run read the Internet Archive copy from 2025-11-15 (the live registry refused this runner); plus 6 weather declarations from FMCSA's archive of state emergency declarations (2017-present)

SignedOrderDeclarationHazards reported hereReported damage
Jul 3, 20132013-08An Order Declaring a State of Emergency due to Severe WeatherFlash Flood, Thunderstorm Wind$2,575,000

Source: state executive order archives collected by DisasterData Plus, joined to NOAA Storm Events. See the Plus overview for per-state coverage and method.

Most common hazards

Every declaration 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 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.

Showing 24 declarations

DateNumberTypeHazardTitle
Jul 10, 2024DR-4799-NHDRWinter StormSevere Winter Storm And Flooding
Sep 14, 2023DR-4740-NHDRFloodSevere Storms And Flooding
Oct 4, 2021DR-4624-NHDRFloodSevere Storm And Flooding
Apr 3, 2020DR-4516-NHDRBiologicalCovid-19 Pandemic
Mar 13, 2020EM-3445-NHEMBiologicalCovid-19
Jan 2, 2018DR-4355-NHDRSevere StormSevere Storm And Flooding
Aug 2, 2013DR-4139-NHDRSevere StormSevere Storms, Tornadoes, And Flooding
Mar 19, 2013DR-4105-NHDRSevere StormSevere Winter Storm And Snowstorm
Nov 28, 2012DR-4095-NHDRHurricaneHurricane Sandy
Oct 30, 2012EM-3360-NHEMHurricaneHurricane Sandy
Nov 1, 2011EM-3344-NHEMSevere StormSevere Storm
Sep 3, 2011DR-4026-NHDRHurricaneTropical Storm Irene
Aug 27, 2011EM-3333-NHEMHurricaneHurricane Irene
Mar 29, 2010DR-1892-NHDRSevere StormSevere Winter Storm
Jan 2, 2009DR-1812-NHDRSevere Ice StormSevere Winter Storm
Dec 13, 2008EM-3297-NHEMSevere StormSevere Winter Storm
Apr 27, 2007DR-1695-NHDRSevere StormSevere Storms And Flooding
Oct 26, 2005DR-1610-NHDRSevere StormSevere Storms And Flooding
Sep 19, 2005EM-3258-NHEMHurricaneHurricane Katrina Evacuation
Apr 28, 2005EM-3211-NHEMSnowstormRecord Snow
Mar 30, 2005EM-3207-NHEMSnowstormRecord And/Or Near Record Snow
Mar 30, 2005EM-3208-NHEMSnowstormRecord Snow
Jan 15, 2004EM-3193-NHEMSnowstormSnow
Sep 12, 2003DR-1489-NHDRSevere StormSevere Storms And Flooding
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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 New Hampshire'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). Declarations from the fiscal year still in progress are listed in the tables on this page but are not counted in the totals until the year is complete. Uses OpenFEMA data but is not endorsed by or affiliated with FEMA.

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