Columbia County, Pennsylvania

Name: Columbia County, Pennsylvania FEMA disaster declarations
Creator: Disaster Data

Columbia County recorded 12 federal disaster and emergency declarations since FY2000 (through FY2025): 7 major disasters, 5 emergencies, and 0 fire-management declarations. Its most common hazard is severe storm.

Declarations since FY2000

Major disasters (DR)

Emergencies (EM)

Fire management (FM)

Mar 2020

Most recent

$13.4M

Federal PA obligated (top: roads and bridges)

The federal disaster record for Columbia County runs between 2003 and 2020, covering 12 declarations in all. Its most recent major disaster declaration was Covid-19 Pandemic in 2020. The hazards behind these declarations were most often severe storm, hurricane, and flood. Since 2000, FEMA has obligated about $13.4 million in Public Assistance funding to the jurisdiction, most of it for roads and bridges.

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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
Roads and bridges(C)	438	$7,633,824
Utilities(F)	54	$1,672,378
Debris removal(A)	81	$1,255,164
Emergency protective measures(B)	136	$1,231,190
Buildings and equipment(E)	50	$914,790
Parks and recreation(G)	34	$520,801
Water control facilities(D)	2	$95,656
Management costs(Z)	13	$79,125
All categories	808	$13,402,928

Most common hazards

Severe Storm 5
Hurricane 3
Flood 2
Biological 2

Previous occurrences, for your mitigation plan

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

Hazard	Date	FEMA declaration	Type
Biological	Mar 30, 2020	DR-4506-PA	DR
Biological	Mar 13, 2020	EM-3441-PA	EM
Severe Storm	Nov 27, 2018	DR-4408-PA	DR
Hurricane	Oct 29, 2012	EM-3356-PA	EM
Flood	Sep 12, 2011	DR-4030-PA	DR
Flood	Sep 8, 2011	EM-3340-PA	EM
Severe Storm	Jun 30, 2006	DR-1649-PA	DR
Hurricane	Sep 10, 2005	EM-3235-PA	EM
Severe Storm	Apr 14, 2005	DR-1587-PA	DR
Severe Storm	Sep 19, 2004	DR-1555-PA	DR
Hurricane	Sep 19, 2004	DR-1557-PA	DR
Severe Storm	Mar 14, 2003	EM-3180-PA	EM

Every declaration on record

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

Showing 12 declarations

Date	Number	Type	Hazard	Title
Mar 30, 2020	DR-4506-PA	DR	Biological	Covid-19 Pandemic
Mar 13, 2020	EM-3441-PA	EM	Biological	Covid-19
Nov 27, 2018	DR-4408-PA	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Storms And Flooding
Oct 29, 2012	EM-3356-PA	EM	Hurricane	Hurricane Sandy
Sep 12, 2011	DR-4030-PA	DR	Flood	Tropical Storm Lee
Sep 8, 2011	EM-3340-PA	EM	Flood	Remnants Of Tropical Storm Lee
Jun 30, 2006	DR-1649-PA	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Storms, Flooding, And Mudslides
Sep 10, 2005	EM-3235-PA	EM	Hurricane	Hurricane Katrina
Apr 14, 2005	DR-1587-PA	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Storms And Flooding
Sep 19, 2004	DR-1555-PA	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Storms And Flooding Associated With Tropical Depression Frances
Sep 19, 2004	DR-1557-PA	DR	Hurricane	Tropical Depression Ivan
Mar 14, 2003	EM-3180-PA	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 Pennsylvania'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.