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Montour County, Pennsylvania

Montour County recorded 6 federal major disaster declarations since FY2000 (through FY2026), the federal government's fullest response to an event. Alongside those sit 5 emergency declarations and 0 fire management declarations, 11 in all. Its most common hazard is severe storm.

Highlighted: Montour County, PA

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

6
Major disasters
5
Emergency declarations
0
Fire management grants
11
All declarations on record
Mar 2020
Most recent
$295.3M
Federal PA obligated (top: emergency protective measures)

The federal disaster record for Montour County runs between 2003 and 2020, covering 11 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 $295.3 million in Public Assistance funding to the jurisdiction, most of it for emergency protective measures.

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 42093
CDC / ATSDR

Social Vulnerability Index

2022 county-level SVI
38.2
overall percentile nationally

Approximately 38.2% of U.S. counties have an equal or lower overall SVI ranking.

Socioeconomic status14.2
Household characteristics47.5
Racial and ethnic minority status28.8
Housing type and transportation83.5

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

FEMA

National Risk Index

December 2025
14.7
overall risk score
Very Low
Expected annual loss$5.5MVery Low
NRI social vulnerability56.3Relatively Moderate
Community resilience99.7Very 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

$295M has been obligated to Montour County in Public Assistance since FY2000.

$9M followed major disasters other than COVID-19. $47K followed emergency declarations, which cover debris removal and emergency protective work only. $287M, or 97% 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
Emergency protective measures(B)107$286,563,016
Buildings and equipment(E)12$6,486,437
Management costs(Z)3$950,554
Roads and bridges(C)47$777,840
Debris removal(A)12$268,308
Parks and recreation(G)8$193,615
Water control facilities(D)4$14,919
Utilities(F)5$11,517
All categories198$295,266,206

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 7-year scale. Typical wait to the first obligation here: about 71 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.

Covid-19 Pandemic 2020$286.5M
1137 days to first federal obligation
Severe Storms And Flooding 2018$481K
254 days to first federal obligation
Tropical Storm Lee 2011$8.1M
74 days to first federal obligation
Severe Storms, Flooding, And Mudslides 2006$110K
34 days to first federal obligation
Tropical Depression Ivan 2004$37K
48 days to first federal obligation
Snow 2003$47K
69 days to first federal obligation
Declared1 yr2 yr3 yr4 yr5 yr6 yr7 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.

810
valid registrations
633
households approved
$3,531,451
total IHP approved
Assistance typeApproved amount
Repair and replacement$569,033
Rental assistance$66,679
Other needs$2,895,089

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.

$1,243,900
federal mitigation share
8
funded projects
7
properties mitigated
ProgramProjectsFederal share obligated
Hazard Mitigation Grant Program(HMGP)8$1,243,900

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 11 declarations

DateNumberTypeHazardTitle
Mar 30, 2020DR-4506-PADRBiologicalCovid-19 Pandemic
Mar 13, 2020EM-3441-PAEMBiologicalCovid-19
Nov 27, 2018DR-4408-PADRSevere StormSevere Storms And Flooding
Oct 29, 2012EM-3356-PAEMHurricaneHurricane Sandy
Sep 12, 2011DR-4030-PADRFloodTropical Storm Lee
Sep 8, 2011EM-3340-PAEMFloodRemnants Of Tropical Storm Lee
Jun 30, 2006DR-1649-PADRSevere StormSevere Storms, Flooding, And Mudslides
Sep 10, 2005EM-3235-PAEMHurricaneHurricane Katrina
Sep 19, 2004DR-1555-PADRSevere StormSevere Storms And Flooding Associated With Tropical Depression Frances
Sep 19, 2004DR-1557-PADRHurricaneTropical Depression Ivan
Mar 14, 2003EM-3180-PAEMSevere StormSnow
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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). 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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