Home / California / Madera County / DR-4569-CA
Disaster detail

WILDFIRES

DR-4569-CA affected Madera County, California. This page rolls up the declaration record, assistance metrics, and public-assistance categories for that specific event.

Incident type
Fire
DR-4569-CA
Declared
Oct 16, 2020
DR
Public assistance
$1.4M
Project obligations
Registrations
220
Tracked households
Aid breakdown

What FEMA records show for this declaration

Public assistance

Emergency Protective Measures$1.2M
Management Costs$70K
Emergency Work Donated Resources$42K
Buildings and Equipment$20K
Debris Removal$4K
Total PA obligated$1.4M

Individual assistance

Owner-approved dollars$38K
Renter-approved dollars$9K
Intake IHP dollars$95K
Validated phase 2 dollars$99K
Tracked registrations220
About this declaration

What DR-4569-CA means

DR-4569-CA is a FEMA disaster declaration that affected Madera County, California, with an incident window starting Sep 4, 2020 through Nov 17, 2020. 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 Madera County disaster history page, which shows all declarations, the dominant hazard pattern, decade-by-decade trends, and flood insurance context for the county.