HURRICANE KATRINA

DR-1605-AL affected Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. This page rolls up the declaration record, assistance metrics, and public-assistance categories for that specific event.

Incident type

Hurricane

DR-1605-AL

Declared

Aug 29, 2005

Public assistance

$1.7M

Project obligations

Registrations

789

Tracked households

Aid breakdown

What FEMA records show for this declaration

Public assistance

Debris Removal$1.5M

Emergency Protective Measures$172K

Roads and Bridges$54K

Buildings and Equipment$5K

Utilities$4K

Total PA obligated$1.7M

Individual assistance

Owner-approved dollars$276K

Renter-approved dollars$157K

Intake IHP dollars$886K

Validated phase 2 dollars$893K

Tracked registrations789

About this declaration

What DR-1605-AL means

DR-1605-AL is a FEMA disaster declaration that affected Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, with an incident window starting Aug 29, 2005 through Sep 26, 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 Tuscaloosa County disaster history page, which shows all declarations, the dominant hazard pattern, decade-by-decade trends, and flood insurance context for the county.