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DR-1479-TX · Major disaster declaration

Hurricane Claudette

Declared for Texas on Jul 17, 2003, covering 18 designated areas. Households could apply to FEMA in 18 of them.

Jul 17, 2003declared
18areas designated
18open to household applications
$16.8Mpublic assistance obligated so far
Timeline

How this declaration unfolded

Incident periodJul 15, 2003 – Jul 28, 2003DeclaredJul 17, 2003Apply bySep 15, 2003Closed outJun 8, 2015

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
Aransas CountyIA declaredPA not declaredHM declaredSep 15, 2003
Atascosa CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM declaredSep 15, 2003
Bee CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM declaredSep 15, 2003
Brazoria CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM declaredSep 15, 2003
Calhoun CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM declaredSep 15, 2003
DeWitt CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM declaredSep 15, 2003
Frio CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM declaredSep 15, 2003
Galveston CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM declaredSep 15, 2003
Goliad CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM declaredSep 15, 2003
Jackson CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM declaredSep 15, 2003
Karnes CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM declaredSep 15, 2003
Live Oak CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM declaredSep 15, 2003
Matagorda CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM declaredSep 15, 2003
McMullen CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM declaredSep 15, 2003
Refugio CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM declaredSep 15, 2003
San Patricio CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM declaredSep 15, 2003
Victoria CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM declaredSep 15, 2003
Zavala CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM declaredSep 15, 2003

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