Severe Flooding,severe Winter Storms, Snowmelt, Spring Rains
Declared for North Dakota on Apr 7, 1997, covering 53 designated areas. Households could apply to FEMA in 53 of them.
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Adams County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Barnes County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Benson County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Billings County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Bottineau County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Bowman County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Burke County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Burleigh County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Cass County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Cavalier County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Dickey County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Divide County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Dunn County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Eddy County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Emmons County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Foster County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Golden Valley County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Grand Forks County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Grant County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Griggs County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Hettinger County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Kidder County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| LaMoure County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Logan County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| McHenry County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| McIntosh County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| McKenzie County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| McLean County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Mercer County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Morton County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Mountrail County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Nelson County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Oliver County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Pembina County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Pierce County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Ramsey County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Ransom County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Renville County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Richland County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Rolette County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Sargent County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Sheridan County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Sioux County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Slope County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Stark County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Steele County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Stutsman County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Towner County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Traill County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Walsh County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Ward County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Wells County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Williams County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
More from North Dakota: every FEMA declaration in North Dakota.