DisasterLookup
DR-1467-NY · Major disaster declaration

Ice Storm

Declared for New York on May 12, 2003, covering 16 designated areas. Households could apply to FEMA in 8 of them.

May 12, 2003declared
16areas designated
8open to household applications
$16.6Mpublic assistance obligated so far
Timeline

How this declaration unfolded

Incident periodApr 3, 2003 – Apr 5, 2003DeclaredMay 12, 2003Apply byJul 11, 2003Closed outNov 22, 2010

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.

How declarations work →

Designated areas

Which programs each area got

IA means households could apply to FEMA. PA reimburses local governments. HM funds mitigation projects.

AreaProgramsHouseholds could apply until
Cayuga CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM declaredJul 11, 2003
Chenango CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Genesee CountyIA not declaredPA not declaredHM declared—
Livingston CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Madison CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Monroe CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM declaredJul 11, 2003
Oneida CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM declaredJul 11, 2003
Onondaga CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM declaredJul 11, 2003
Ontario CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM declaredJul 11, 2003
Orleans CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Oswego CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM declaredJul 11, 2003
Otsego CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared—
Schenectady CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared—
Seneca CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM declaredJul 11, 2003
Wayne CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM declaredJul 11, 2003
Yates CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—

Same event, other declarations

DeclaredDeclarationWhereHazardAreasHouseholds can apply?
Mar 27, 2003Ice StormDR-1457-NC · Major disasterNorth Carolina Severe Ice Storm10No

More from New York: every FEMA declaration in New York.