Ks-Flooding 10/31/98
Declared for Kansas on Nov 5, 1998, covering 20 designated areas. Households could apply to FEMA in 16 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Butler County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Yes |
| Chase County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Coffey County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Cowley County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Yes |
| Douglas County | IA declaredPA not declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Franklin County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Greenwood County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Harper County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Harvey County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Johnson County | IA declaredPA not declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Leavenworth County | IA declaredPA not declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Lyon County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Marion County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Neosho County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Saline County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Sedgwick County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Yes |
| Sumner County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Wilson County | IA declaredPA not declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Woodson County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Wyandotte County | IA declaredPA not declaredHM not declared | Yes |
More from Kansas: every FEMA declaration in Kansas.