DR-1239-TX · Major disaster declaration
Tropical Storm Charley
Declared for Texas on Aug 26, 1998, covering 257 designated areas. Households could apply to FEMA in 7 of them.
Aug 26, 1998declared
257areas designated
7open to household applications
$5.4Mpublic 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Anderson County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Andrews County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Angelina County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Aransas County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Archer County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Armstrong County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Atascosa County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Austin County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Bailey County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Bandera County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Bastrop County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Baylor County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Bee County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Bell County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Bexar County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Blanco County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Borden County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Bosque County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Bowie County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Brazoria County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Brazos County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Brewster County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Briscoe County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Brooks County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Brown County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Burleson County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Burnet County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Caldwell County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Calhoun County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Callahan County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Cameron County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Camp County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Carson County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Cass County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Castro County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Chambers County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Cherokee County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Childress County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Clay County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Cochran County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Coke County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Coleman County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Collin County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Collingsworth County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Colorado County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Comal County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Comanche County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Concho County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Cooke County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Coryell County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Cottle County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Crane County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Crockett County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Crosby County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Culberson County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Dallam County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Dallas County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Dawson County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| DeWitt County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Deaf Smith County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Delta County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Denton County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Dickens County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Dimmit County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Donley County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Duval County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Eastland County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Ector County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Edwards County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Oct 24, 1998 |
| El Paso County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Ellis County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Erath County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Falls County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Fannin County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Fayette County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Fisher County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Floyd County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Foard County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Fort Bend County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Franklin County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Freestone County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Frio County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Gaines County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Galveston County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Garza County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Gillespie County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Glasscock County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Goliad County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Gonzales County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Gray County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Grayson County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Gregg County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Grimes County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Guadalupe County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Hale County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Hall County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Hamilton County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Hansford County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Hardeman County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Hardin County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Harris County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Harrison County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Hartley County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Haskell County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Hays County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Hemphill County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Henderson County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Hidalgo County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Hill County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Hockley County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Hood County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Hopkins County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Houston County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Howard County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Hudspeth County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Hunt County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Hutchinson County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Irion County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Jack County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Jackson County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Jasper County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Jeff Davis County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Jefferson County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Jim Hogg County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Jim Wells County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Johnson County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Jones County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Karnes County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Kaufman County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Kendall County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Kenedy County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Kent County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Kerr County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Kimble County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| King County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Kinney County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Oct 24, 1998 |
| Kleberg County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Knox County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| La Salle County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Lamar County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Lamb County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Lampasas County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Lavaca County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Lee County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Leon County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Liberty County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Limestone County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Lipscomb County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Live Oak County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Llano County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Loving County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Lubbock County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Lynn County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Madison County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Marion County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Martin County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Mason County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Matagorda County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Maverick County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Oct 24, 1998 |
| McCulloch County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| McLennan County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| McMullen County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Medina County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Menard County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Midland County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Milam County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Mills County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Mitchell County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Montague County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Montgomery County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Moore County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Morris County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Motley County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Nacogdoches County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Navarro County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Newton County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Nolan County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Nueces County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Ochiltree County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Oldham County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Orange County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Palo Pinto County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Panola County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Parker County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Parmer County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Pecos County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Polk County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Potter County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Presidio County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Rains County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Randall County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Reagan County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Real County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Oct 24, 1998 |
| Red River County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Reeves County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Refugio County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Roberts County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Robertson County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Rockwall County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Runnels County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Rusk County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Sabine County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| San Augustine County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| San Jacinto County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| San Patricio County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| San Saba County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Schleicher County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Scurry County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Shackelford County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Shelby County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Sherman County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Smith County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Somervell County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Starr County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Stephens County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Sterling County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Stonewall County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Sutton County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Swisher County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Tarrant County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Taylor County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Terrell County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Terry County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Throckmorton County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Titus County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Tom Green County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Travis County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Trinity County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Tyler County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Upshur County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Upton County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Uvalde County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Oct 24, 1998 |
| Val Verde County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Oct 24, 1998 |
| Van Zandt County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Victoria County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Walker County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Waller County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Ward County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Washington County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Webb County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Oct 24, 1998 |
| Wharton County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Wheeler County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Wichita County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Wilbarger County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Willacy County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Williamson County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Wilson County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Winkler County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Wise County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Wood County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Yoakum County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Young County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Zapata County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Zavala County | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Alabama Coushatta Tribe of Texas | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Statewide | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
| Ysleta del Sur Pueblo (Indian Reservation) | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared | — |
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