SEVERE STORMS AND TORNADOES

DR-1834-AR affected Polk County, Arkansas. This page rolls up the declaration record, assistance metrics, and public-assistance categories for that specific event.

Incident type

Tornado

DR-1834-AR

Declared

Apr 27, 2009

Public assistance

$3.6M

Project obligations

Registrations

774

Tracked households

Aid breakdown

What FEMA records show for this declaration

Public assistance

Debris Removal$1.6M

Utilities$744K

Emergency Protective Measures$634K

Emergency Work Donated Resources$268K

Buildings and Equipment$207K

Roads and Bridges$96K

Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$78K

Total PA obligated$3.6M

Individual assistance

Owner-approved dollars$1.0M

Renter-approved dollars$261K

Intake IHP dollars$2.6M

Validated phase 2 dollars$2.6M

Tracked registrations774

About this declaration

What DR-1834-AR means

DR-1834-AR is a FEMA disaster declaration that affected Polk County, Arkansas, with an incident window starting Apr 9, 2009. The declaration type is "DR," categorized as tornado.

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 Polk County disaster history page, which shows all declarations, the dominant hazard pattern, decade-by-decade trends, and flood insurance context for the county.