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DR-4344-CA affected Butte County, California. This page rolls up the declaration record, assistance metrics, and public-assistance categories for that specific event.

Incident type
Fire
DR-4344-CA
Declared
Oct 10, 2017
DR
Public assistance
$106K
Project obligations
Registrations
496
Tracked households
Aid breakdown

What FEMA records show for this declaration

Public assistance

Emergency Protective Measures$106K
Total PA obligated$106K

Individual assistance

Owner-approved dollars$549K
Renter-approved dollars$71K
Intake IHP dollars$1.2M
Validated phase 2 dollars$1.2M
Tracked registrations496
About this declaration

What DR-4344-CA means

DR-4344-CA is a FEMA disaster declaration that affected Butte County, California, with an incident window starting Oct 8, 2017 through Oct 31, 2017. The declaration type is "DR," categorized as fire.

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