DR-1539-FL · Major disaster declaration
Tropical Storm Bonnie and Hurricane Charley
Declared for Florida on Aug 13, 2004, covering 67 designated areas. Households could apply to FEMA in 26 of them.
Aug 13, 2004declared
67areas designated
26open to household applications
$619.3Mpublic assistance obligated so far
Timeline
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.
Designated areas
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Alachua County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Baker County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Bay County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Bradford County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Brevard County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Feb 28, 2005 |
| Broward County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Calhoun County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Charlotte County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Feb 28, 2005 |
| Citrus County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Clay County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Collier County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Feb 28, 2005 |
| Columbia County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| DeSoto County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Feb 28, 2005 |
| Dixie County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Feb 28, 2005 |
| Duval County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Feb 28, 2005 |
| Escambia County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Flagler County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Feb 28, 2005 |
| Franklin County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Gadsden County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Gilchrist County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Glades County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Feb 28, 2005 |
| Gulf County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Hamilton County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Hardee County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Feb 28, 2005 |
| Hendry County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Feb 28, 2005 |
| Hernando County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Highlands County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Feb 28, 2005 |
| Hillsborough County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Holmes County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Indian River County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Feb 28, 2005 |
| Jackson County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Jefferson County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Lafayette County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Lake County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Feb 28, 2005 |
| Lee County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Feb 28, 2005 |
| Leon County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Levy County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Feb 28, 2005 |
| Liberty County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Madison County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Manatee County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Feb 28, 2005 |
| Marion County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Martin County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Miami-Dade County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Monroe County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Feb 28, 2005 |
| Nassau County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Okaloosa County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Okeechobee County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Feb 28, 2005 |
| Orange County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Feb 28, 2005 |
| Osceola County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Feb 28, 2005 |
| Palm Beach County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Pasco County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Feb 28, 2005 |
| Pinellas County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Polk County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Feb 28, 2005 |
| Putnam County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Santa Rosa County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Sarasota County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Feb 28, 2005 |
| Seminole County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Feb 28, 2005 |
| St. Johns County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Feb 28, 2005 |
| St. Lucie County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Sumter County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Suwannee County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Taylor County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Union County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Volusia County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Feb 28, 2005 |
| Wakulla County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Walton County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Washington County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
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