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DR-4573-AL affected Wilcox County, Alabama. This page rolls up the declaration record, assistance metrics, and public-assistance categories for that specific event.

Incident type
Hurricane
DR-4573-AL
Declared
Dec 10, 2020
DR
Public assistance
$1.1M
Project obligations
Registrations
1,143
Tracked households
Aid breakdown

What FEMA records show for this declaration

Public assistance

Debris Removal$925K
Emergency Protective Measures$48K
Buildings and Equipment$45K
Management Costs$34K
Emergency Work Donated Resources$2K
Total PA obligated$1.1M

Individual assistance

Owner-approved dollars$2.1M
Renter-approved dollars$73K
Intake IHP dollars$4.4M
Validated phase 2 dollars$4.2M
Tracked registrations1,143
About this declaration

What DR-4573-AL means

DR-4573-AL is a FEMA disaster declaration that affected Wilcox County, Alabama, with an incident window starting Oct 28, 2020 through Oct 29, 2020. 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 Wilcox County disaster history page, which shows all declarations, the dominant hazard pattern, decade-by-decade trends, and flood insurance context for the county.