DisasterLookup
DR-1163-KY · Major disaster declaration

Severe Storm, Flooding, and Tornadoes

Declared for Kentucky on Mar 4, 1997, covering 101 designated areas. Households could apply to FEMA in 90 of them.

Mar 4, 1997declared
101areas designated
90open to household applications
$0public assistance obligated so far
Timeline

How this declaration unfolded

Incident periodMar 1, 1997 – Mar 31, 1997DeclaredMar 4, 1997Closed outSep 21, 2006

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.

How declarations work →

Designated areas

Which programs each area got

IA means households could apply to FEMA. PA reimburses local governments. HM funds mitigation projects.

AreaProgramsHouseholds could apply until
Adair CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
Anderson CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
Ballard CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
Barren CountyIA declaredPA not declaredHM not declaredYes
Bath CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
Boone CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
Bourbon CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
Boyd CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
Boyle CountyIA declaredPA not declaredHM not declaredYes
Bracken CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
Breathitt CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared—
Breckinridge CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
Bullitt CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
Butler CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
Caldwell CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
Calloway CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared—
Campbell CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
Carlisle CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
Carroll CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
Carter CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
Casey CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared—
Christian CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
Clark CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared—
Clay CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared—
Crittenden CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
Daviess CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
Edmonson CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared—
Elliott CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
Estill CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
Fayette CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
Fleming CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
Floyd CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
Franklin CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
Fulton CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
Gallatin CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
Grant CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
Graves CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared—
Grayson CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
Green CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
Greenup CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
Hancock CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
Hardin CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
Harrison CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
Hart CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
Henderson CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
Henry CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
Hickman CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
Hopkins CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
Jefferson CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
Jessamine CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
Johnson CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
Kenton CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
Knott CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
Larue CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
Lawrence CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
Lee CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared—
Leslie CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared—
Letcher CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
Lewis CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
Livingston CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
Logan CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
Lyon CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared—
Magoffin CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared—
Marion CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
Marshall CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
Mason CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
McCracken CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
McLean CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
Meade CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
Menifee CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
Mercer CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
Metcalfe CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
Monroe CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
Montgomery CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
Morgan CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
Muhlenberg CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
Nelson CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
Nicholas CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
Ohio CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
Oldham CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
Owen CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
Pendleton CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
Perry CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
Pike CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
Powell CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
Robertson CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
Rowan CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
Russell CountyIA declaredPA not declaredHM not declaredYes
Scott CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
Shelby CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
Simpson CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
Spencer CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
Taylor CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
Todd CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
Trigg CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
Trimble CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
Union CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
Warren CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
Washington CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
Webster CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes
Woodford CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredYes