Flooding, Severe Storms
Declared for Arkansas on Apr 14, 1997, covering 28 designated areas. Households could apply to FEMA in 14 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Bradley County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Clay County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Cleburne County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Cleveland County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Columbia County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Craighead County | IA declaredPA not declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Dallas County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Drew County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Faulkner County | IA declaredPA not declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Grant County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Greene County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Izard County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Jackson County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Jefferson County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Lafayette County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Lincoln County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Lonoke County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Monroe County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Montgomery County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Ouachita County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Poinsett County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Searcy County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Sharp County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| St. Francis County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Stone County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Union County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Van Buren County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| White County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
More from Arkansas: every FEMA declaration in Arkansas.