Tx-Flooding 10/18/98
Declared for Texas on Oct 21, 1998, covering 43 designated areas. Households could apply to FEMA in 43 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Atascosa County | IA declaredPA not declaredHM not declared | Jan 21, 1999 |
| Austin County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Jan 21, 1999 |
| Bastrop County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Jan 21, 1999 |
| Bexar County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Jan 21, 1999 |
| Blanco County | IA declaredPA not declaredHM not declared | Jan 21, 1999 |
| Brazoria County | IA declaredPA not declaredHM not declared | Jan 21, 1999 |
| Burleson County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Jan 21, 1999 |
| Caldwell County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Jan 21, 1999 |
| Calhoun County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Jan 21, 1999 |
| Colorado County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Jan 21, 1999 |
| Comal County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Jan 21, 1999 |
| DeWitt County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Jan 21, 1999 |
| Fayette County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Jan 21, 1999 |
| Fort Bend County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Jan 21, 1999 |
| Galveston County | IA declaredPA not declaredHM not declared | Jan 21, 1999 |
| Goliad County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Jan 21, 1999 |
| Gonzales County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Jan 21, 1999 |
| Grimes County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Jan 21, 1999 |
| Guadalupe County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Jan 21, 1999 |
| Harris County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Jan 21, 1999 |
| Hays County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Jan 21, 1999 |
| Jackson County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Jan 21, 1999 |
| Jefferson County | IA declaredPA not declaredHM not declared | Jan 21, 1999 |
| Jim Wells County | IA declaredPA not declaredHM declared | Jan 21, 1999 |
| Karnes County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Jan 21, 1999 |
| Kendall County | IA declaredPA not declaredHM declared | Jan 21, 1999 |
| Lavaca County | IA declaredPA not declaredHM declared | Jan 21, 1999 |
| Liberty County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Jan 21, 1999 |
| Matagorda County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Jan 21, 1999 |
| Medina County | IA declaredPA not declaredHM not declared | Jan 21, 1999 |
| Montgomery County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Jan 21, 1999 |
| Nueces County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Jan 21, 1999 |
| Polk County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Jan 21, 1999 |
| Refugio County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Jan 21, 1999 |
| San Jacinto County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Jan 21, 1999 |
| San Patricio County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Jan 21, 1999 |
| Travis County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Jan 21, 1999 |
| Trinity County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Jan 21, 1999 |
| Victoria County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Jan 21, 1999 |
| Walker County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Jan 21, 1999 |
| Waller County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Jan 21, 1999 |
| Wharton County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Jan 21, 1999 |
| Wilson County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Jan 21, 1999 |
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