Disaster Data / States / Rhode Island / Newport County
CountyNewport County recorded 9 federal major disaster declarations since FY2000 (through FY2026), the federal government's fullest response to an event. Alongside those sit 7 emergency declarations and 0 fire management declarations, 16 in all. Its most common hazard is severe storm.
Highlighted: Newport County, RI
Totals: FY2000 to FY2026 · Page last rebuilt Oct 26, 2026 · the current in-progress fiscal year is not included in totals
The federal disaster record for Newport County runs between 2005 and 2024, covering 16 declarations in all. Its most recent major disaster declaration was Severe Storms And Flooding in 2024. The hazards behind these declarations were most often severe storm, hurricane, and biological. Since 2000, FEMA has obligated about $10.3 million in Public Assistance funding to the jurisdiction, most of it for emergency protective measures.
Historical declarations show what has happened here. These national datasets add context about underlying natural-hazard risk and community vulnerability.
Approximately 27.9% of U.S. counties have an equal or lower overall SVI ranking.
Higher percentiles indicate greater relative social vulnerability within the CDC SVI framework. CDC SVI documentation
The NRI combines expected annual loss, social vulnerability, and community resilience to describe relative natural-hazard risk. FEMA NRI documentation
$10M has been obligated to Newport County in Public Assistance since FY2000.
$5M followed major disasters other than COVID-19. $390K followed emergency declarations, which cover debris removal and emergency protective work only. $5M, or 48% of the total, was COVID-19, which every county in the country received. $1 appears in FEMA's county totals but is not tied to a single declaration in the obligation timing file, so it is left unattributed here rather than assigned to a type.
Obligated is the committed share, not necessarily spent, and can be revised as projects close out.
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) | 118 | $7,087,648 |
| Parks and recreation(G) | 23 | $860,746 |
| Debris removal(A) | 37 | $851,379 |
| Water control facilities(D) | 4 | $607,030 |
| Roads and bridges(C) | 14 | $427,603 |
| Buildings and equipment(E) | 18 | $399,339 |
| Utilities(F) | 2 | $10,063 |
| Management costs(Z) | 3 | $7,456 |
| All categories | 219 | $10,251,264 |
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 110 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.
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.
| Program | Projects | Federal share obligated |
|---|---|---|
| Hazard Mitigation Grant Program(HMGP) | 6 | $129,477 |
| Pre-Disaster Mitigation(PDM) | 3 | $66,088 |
| Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities(BRIC) | 1 | $30,818 |
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 16 declarations
| Date | Number | Type | Hazard | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 20, 2024 | DR-4766-RI | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms And Flooding |
| May 12, 2022 | DR-4653-RI | DR | Snowstorm | Severe Winter Storm And Snowstorm |
| Aug 21, 2021 | EM-3563-RI | EM | Hurricane | Hurricane Henri |
| Mar 30, 2020 | DR-4505-RI | DR | Biological | Covid-19 Pandemic |
| Mar 13, 2020 | EM-3440-RI | EM | Biological | Covid-19 |
| Apr 3, 2015 | DR-4212-RI | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Winter Storm And Snowstorm |
| Mar 22, 2013 | DR-4107-RI | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Winter Storm And Snowstorm |
| Nov 3, 2012 | DR-4089-RI | DR | Hurricane | Hurricane Sandy |
| Oct 29, 2012 | EM-3355-RI | EM | Hurricane | Hurricane Sandy |
| Sep 3, 2011 | DR-4027-RI | DR | Hurricane | Tropical Storm Irene |
| Aug 27, 2011 | EM-3334-RI | EM | Hurricane | Hurricane Irene |
| Mar 30, 2010 | EM-3311-RI | EM | Severe Storm | Severe Storms And Flooding |
| Mar 29, 2010 | DR-1894-RI | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms And Flooding |
| May 25, 2007 | DR-1704-RI | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms And Inland And Coastal Flooding |
| Sep 19, 2005 | EM-3255-RI | EM | Hurricane | Hurricane Katrina Evacuation |
| Feb 17, 2005 | EM-3203-RI | EM | Snowstorm | Record Snow |
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 Rhode Island'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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