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DR-4344-CA affected Nevada 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
$136K
Project obligations
Registrations
194
Tracked households
Aid breakdown

What FEMA records show for this declaration

Public assistance

Emergency Protective Measures$132K
Direct Administrative Costs$4K
Total PA obligated$136K

Individual assistance

Owner-approved dollars$244K
Renter-approved dollars$77K
Intake IHP dollars$642K
Validated phase 2 dollars$642K
Tracked registrations194
About this declaration

What DR-4344-CA means

DR-4344-CA is a FEMA disaster declaration that affected Nevada 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 Nevada County disaster history page, which shows all declarations, the dominant hazard pattern, decade-by-decade trends, and flood insurance context for the county.