DR-1209-GA · Major disaster declaration
Severe Storms and Flooding
Declared for Georgia on Mar 11, 1998, covering 119 designated areas. Households could apply to FEMA in 119 of them.
Mar 11, 1998declared
119areas designated
119open 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Appling County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Atkinson County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Bacon County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Baker County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Baldwin County | IA declaredPA not declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Barrow County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Bartow County | IA declaredPA not declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Ben Hill County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Berrien County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Bibb County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Bleckley County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Brantley County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Brooks County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Bryan County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Bulloch County | IA declaredPA not declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Burke County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Butts County | IA declaredPA not declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Calhoun County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Candler County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Carroll County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Charlton County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Chatham County | IA declaredPA not declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Cherokee County | IA declaredPA not declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Clay County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Clayton County | IA declaredPA not declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Clinch County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Cobb County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Coffee County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Colquitt County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Columbia County | IA declaredPA not declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Cook County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Crawford County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Crisp County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Dade County | IA declaredPA not declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Dawson County | IA declaredPA not declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| DeKalb County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Decatur County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Dodge County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Dooly County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Dougherty County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Douglas County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Early County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Echols County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Effingham County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Emanuel County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Evans County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Floyd County | IA declaredPA not declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Forsyth County | IA declaredPA not declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Fulton County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Glynn County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Gordon County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Grady County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Gwinnett County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Habersham County | IA declaredPA not declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Hall County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Haralson County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Heard County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Henry County | IA declaredPA not declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Houston County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Irwin County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Jeff Davis County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Jefferson County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Jenkins County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Johnson County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Jones County | IA declaredPA not declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Lamar County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Lanier County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Laurens County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Lee County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Liberty County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Lincoln County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Long County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Lowndes County | IA declaredPA not declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Lumpkin County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Macon County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| McIntosh County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Miller County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Mitchell County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Monroe County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Montgomery County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Murray County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Muscogee County | IA declaredPA not declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Newton County | IA declaredPA not declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Paulding County | IA declaredPA not declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Peach County | IA declaredPA not declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Pickens County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Pike County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Pulaski County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Quitman County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Rabun County | IA declaredPA not declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Randolph County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Richmond County | IA declaredPA not declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Rockdale County | IA declaredPA not declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Screven County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Seminole County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Spalding County | IA declaredPA not declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Stewart County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Sumter County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Talbot County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Tattnall County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Telfair County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Terrell County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Thomas County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Tift County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Toombs County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Towns County | IA declaredPA not declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Treutlen County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Turner County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Twiggs County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Union County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Walker County | IA declaredPA not declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Ware County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Wayne County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Webster County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Wheeler County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| White County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Wilcox County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Wilkinson County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Worth County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
Same event, other declarations
| Declared | Declaration | Where | Households can apply? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 6, 1998 | Severe Storms and FloodingDR-1196-NY · Major disaster | New York | Yes |
| Jan 13, 1998 | Severe Storms and FloodingDR-1197-TN · Major disaster | Tennessee | Yes |
| Jan 15, 1998 | Severe Storms and FloodingDR-1200-NC · Major disaster | North Carolina | Yes |
| Mar 9, 1998 | Severe Storms and FloodingDR-1208-AL · Major disaster | Alabama | Yes |
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