DR-1606-TX · Major disaster declaration
Hurricane Rita
Declared for Texas on Sep 24, 2005, covering 254 designated areas. Households could apply to FEMA in 22 of them.
Sep 24, 2005declared
254areas designated
22open to household applications
$368.7Mpublic 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Anderson County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Andrews County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Angelina County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Apr 10, 2006 |
| Aransas County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Archer County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Armstrong County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Atascosa County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Austin County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Bailey County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Bandera County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Bastrop County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Baylor County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Bee County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Bell County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Bexar County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Blanco County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Borden County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Bosque County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Bowie County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Brazoria County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Apr 10, 2006 |
| Brazos County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Brewster County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Briscoe County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Brooks County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Brown County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Burleson County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Burnet County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Caldwell County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Calhoun County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Callahan County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Cameron County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Camp County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Carson County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Cass County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Castro County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Chambers County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Apr 10, 2006 |
| Cherokee County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Childress County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Clay County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Cochran County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Coke County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Coleman County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Collin County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Collingsworth County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Colorado County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Comal County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Comanche County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Concho County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Cooke County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Coryell County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Cottle County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Crane County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Crockett County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Crosby County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Culberson County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Dallam County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Dallas County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Dawson County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| DeWitt County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Deaf Smith County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Delta County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Denton County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Dickens County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Dimmit County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Donley County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Duval County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Eastland County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Ector County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Edwards County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| El Paso County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Ellis County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Erath County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Falls County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Fannin County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Fayette County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Fisher County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Floyd County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Foard County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Fort Bend County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Apr 10, 2006 |
| Franklin County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Freestone County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Frio County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Gaines County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Galveston County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Apr 10, 2006 |
| Garza County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Gillespie County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Glasscock County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Goliad County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Gonzales County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Gray County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Grayson County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Gregg County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Grimes County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Guadalupe County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Hale County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Hall County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Hamilton County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Hansford County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Hardeman County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Hardin County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Apr 10, 2006 |
| Harris County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Apr 10, 2006 |
| Harrison County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Hartley County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Haskell County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Hays County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Hemphill County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Henderson County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Hidalgo County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Hill County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Hockley County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Hood County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Hopkins County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Houston County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Howard County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Hudspeth County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Hunt County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Hutchinson County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Irion County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Jack County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Jackson County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Jasper County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Apr 10, 2006 |
| Jeff Davis County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Jefferson County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Apr 10, 2006 |
| Jim Hogg County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Jim Wells County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Johnson County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Jones County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Karnes County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Kaufman County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Kendall County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Kenedy County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Kent County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Kerr County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Kimble County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| King County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Kinney County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Kleberg County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Knox County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| La Salle County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Lamar County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Lamb County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Lampasas County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Lavaca County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Lee County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Leon County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Liberty County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Apr 10, 2006 |
| Limestone County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Lipscomb County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Live Oak County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Llano County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Loving County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Lubbock County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Lynn County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Madison County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Marion County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Martin County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Mason County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Matagorda County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Maverick County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| McCulloch County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| McLennan County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| McMullen County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Medina County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Menard County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Midland County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Milam County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Mills County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Mitchell County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Montague County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Montgomery County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Apr 10, 2006 |
| Moore County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Morris County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Motley County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Nacogdoches County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Apr 10, 2006 |
| Navarro County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Newton County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Apr 10, 2006 |
| Nolan County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Nueces County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Ochiltree County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Oldham County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Orange County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Apr 10, 2006 |
| Palo Pinto County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Panola County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Parker County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Parmer County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Pecos County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Polk County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Apr 10, 2006 |
| Potter County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Presidio County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Rains County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Randall County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Reagan County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Real County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Red River County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Reeves County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Refugio County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Roberts County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Robertson County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Rockwall County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Runnels County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Rusk County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Sabine County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Apr 10, 2006 |
| San Augustine County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Apr 10, 2006 |
| San Jacinto County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Apr 10, 2006 |
| San Patricio County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| San Saba County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Schleicher County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Scurry County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Shackelford County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Shelby County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Apr 10, 2006 |
| Sherman County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Smith County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Somervell County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Starr County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Stephens County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Sterling County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Stonewall County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Sutton County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Swisher County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Tarrant County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Taylor County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Terrell County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Terry County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Throckmorton County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Titus County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Tom Green County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Travis County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Trinity County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Apr 10, 2006 |
| Tyler County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Apr 10, 2006 |
| Upshur County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Upton County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Uvalde County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Val Verde County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Van Zandt County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Victoria County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Walker County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Apr 10, 2006 |
| Waller County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Ward County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Washington County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Webb County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Wharton County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Wheeler County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Wichita County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Wilbarger County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Willacy County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Williamson County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Wilson County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Winkler County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Wise County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Wood County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Yoakum County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Young County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Zapata County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Zavala County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
Same event, other declarations
| Declared | Declaration | Where | Households can apply? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 21, 2005 | Hurricane RitaEM-3260-LA · Emergency | Louisiana | No |
| Sep 21, 2005 | Hurricane RitaEM-3261-TX · Emergency | Texas | No |
| Sep 24, 2005 | Hurricane RitaDR-1607-LA · Major disaster | Louisiana | Yesdeadline was Apr 10, 2006 |
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