HURRICANE DENNIS

DR-1593-AL affected Mobile County, Alabama. This page rolls up the declaration record, assistance metrics, and public-assistance categories for that specific event.

Incident type

Hurricane

DR-1593-AL

Declared

Jul 10, 2005

Public assistance

$1.7M

Project obligations

Registrations

8,141

Tracked households

Aid breakdown

What FEMA records show for this declaration

Public assistance

Debris Removal$851K

Emergency Protective Measures$746K

Roads and Bridges$86K

Utilities$28K

Buildings and Equipment$9K

Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$2K

Total PA obligated$1.7M

Individual assistance

Owner-approved dollars$1.3M

Renter-approved dollars$689K

Intake IHP dollars$3.9M

Validated phase 2 dollars$4.1M

Tracked registrations8,141

About this declaration

What DR-1593-AL means

DR-1593-AL is a FEMA disaster declaration that affected Mobile County, Alabama, with an incident window starting Jul 10, 2005 through Jul 16, 2005. The declaration type is "DR," categorized as hurricane.

When FEMA issues a declaration, it can authorize Individual Assistance (IA), Public Assistance (PA), or Hazard Mitigation (HM) programs — or any combination. IA covers direct aid to households: housing repairs, rental assistance, and other needs. PA funds infrastructure repair and emergency protective measures managed by local governments and nonprofits. The dollar figures on this page reflect what FEMA's open datasets report as obligated, which may differ from final disbursements.

This declaration is one entry in the broader Mobile County disaster history page, which shows all declarations, the dominant hazard pattern, decade-by-decade trends, and flood insurance context for the county.