Severe Winter Storm, Landslides, Mudslides, and Flooding
Declared for Washington on Jan 30, 2009, covering 23 designated areas. Households could apply to FEMA in 15 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Benton County | IA declaredPA not declaredHM declared | Mar 31, 2009 |
| Chelan County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Clallam County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Mar 31, 2009 |
| Columbia County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Cowlitz County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Mar 31, 2009 |
| Garfield County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Grays Harbor County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Mar 31, 2009 |
| Jefferson County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| King County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Mar 31, 2009 |
| Kittitas County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Mar 31, 2009 |
| Klickitat County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Lewis County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Mar 31, 2009 |
| Lincoln County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Mason County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Mar 31, 2009 |
| Pacific County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Mar 31, 2009 |
| Pierce County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Mar 31, 2009 |
| Skagit County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Mar 31, 2009 |
| Skamania County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Snohomish County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Mar 31, 2009 |
| Thurston County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Mar 31, 2009 |
| Wahkiakum County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Mar 31, 2009 |
| Whatcom County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Mar 31, 2009 |
| Yakima County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
More from Washington: every FEMA declaration in Washington.