Severe Ice Storm
Declared for South Carolina on Feb 13, 2004, covering 26 designated areas. Households could apply to FEMA in 0 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Aiken County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Bamberg County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Barnwell County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Calhoun County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Cherokee County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Chester County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Clarendon County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Darlington County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Dillon County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Edgefield County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Fairfield County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Florence County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Horry County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Kershaw County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Lee County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Lexington County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Marion County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| McCormick County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Newberry County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Oconee County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Orangeburg County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Richland County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Saluda County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Sumter County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Union County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Williamsburg County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
More from South Carolina: every FEMA declaration in South Carolina.