DR-1071-GA · Major disaster declaration
Hurricane Opal
Declared for Georgia on Oct 10, 1995, covering 50 designated areas. Households could apply to FEMA in 50 of them.
Oct 10, 1995declared
50areas designated
50open to household applications
$0public assistance obligated so far
Timeline
How this declaration unfolded
The incident period is the official window of the disaster. Damage generally has to fall inside it to qualify for FEMA help, and FEMA sometimes extends it, or adds counties and programs, as damage assessments come in.
What a major disaster declaration is
A major disaster declaration is the President's broadest disaster declaration. It is the only kind that can switch on the full set of FEMA programs, including help for individual households, rebuilding of public facilities and hazard mitigation. Which of those programs apply is decided area by area.
Designated areas
Which programs each area got
IA means households could apply to FEMA. PA reimburses local governments. HM funds mitigation projects.
| Area | Programs | Households could apply until |
|---|---|---|
| Banks County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Barrow County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Bartow County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Carroll County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Catoosa County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Chattooga County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Cherokee County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Clay County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Clayton County | IA declaredPA not declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Cobb County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Coweta County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Dade County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Dawson County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| DeKalb County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Douglas County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Fannin County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Fayette County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Floyd County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Forsyth County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Fulton County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Gilmer County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Gordon County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Gwinnett County | IA declaredPA not declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Habersham County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Hall County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Haralson County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Harris County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Heard County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Lumpkin County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Meriwether County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Murray County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Muscogee County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Paulding County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Pickens County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Pike County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Polk County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Quitman County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Rabun County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Randolph County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Rockdale County | IA declaredPA not declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Spalding County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Stewart County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Talbot County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Towns County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Troup County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Union County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Upson County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Walker County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| White County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Whitfield County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
Same event, other declarations
| Declared | Declaration | Where | Households can apply? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 4, 1995 | Hurricane OpalDR-1070-AL · Major disaster | Alabama | Yes |
| Oct 4, 1995 | Hurricane OpalDR-1069-FL · Major disaster | Florida | Yes |
More from Georgia: every FEMA declaration in Georgia.