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SEVERE STORMS AND TORNADOES

DR-1834-AR affected Sevier 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
DR
Public assistance
$32K
Project obligations
Registrations
46
Tracked households
Aid breakdown

What FEMA records show for this declaration

Public assistance

Debris Removal$20K
Emergency Protective Measures$7K
Emergency Work Donated Resources$3K
Roads and Bridges$885
Total PA obligated$32K

Individual assistance

Owner-approved dollars$393K
Renter-approved dollars$24K
Intake IHP dollars$833K
Validated phase 2 dollars$833K
Tracked registrations46
About this declaration

What DR-1834-AR means

DR-1834-AR is a FEMA disaster declaration that affected Sevier 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 Sevier County disaster history page, which shows all declarations, the dominant hazard pattern, decade-by-decade trends, and flood insurance context for the county.