Severe Storms, Flooding and Tornadoes
Declared for Minnesota on Jun 14, 2002, covering 19 designated areas. Households could apply to FEMA in 17 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Becker County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Aug 13, 2002 |
| Beltrami County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Aug 13, 2002 |
| Clay County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Aug 13, 2002 |
| Clearwater County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Aug 13, 2002 |
| Goodhue County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Hubbard County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Itasca County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Aug 13, 2002 |
| Kittson County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Aug 13, 2002 |
| Koochiching County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Aug 13, 2002 |
| Lake of the Woods County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Aug 13, 2002 |
| Mahnomen County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Aug 13, 2002 |
| Marshall County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Aug 13, 2002 |
| McLeod County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Aug 13, 2002 |
| Norman County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Aug 13, 2002 |
| Pennington County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Aug 13, 2002 |
| Polk County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Aug 13, 2002 |
| Red Lake County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Aug 13, 2002 |
| Roseau County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Aug 13, 2002 |
| Wright County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Aug 13, 2002 |
Same event, other declarations
| Declared | Declaration | Where | Households can apply? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 10, 2002 | Severe Storms, Flooding and TornadoesDR-1431-ND · Major disaster | North Dakota | No |
More from Minnesota: every FEMA declaration in Minnesota.