DR-189-IN · Major disaster declaration

Tornadoes & Severe Storms

Declared for Indiana on Apr 14, 1965, covering 17 designated areas. Households could apply to FEMA in 17 of them.

Apr 14, 1965declared

17areas designated

17open to household applications

$0public 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.

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.

Area	Programs	Households could apply until
Adams County	IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared	Yes
Blackford County	IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared	Yes
Boone County	IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared	Yes
Cass County	IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared	Yes
Clinton County	IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared	Yes
Elkhart County	IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared	Yes
Grant County	IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared	Yes
Hamilton County	IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared	Yes
Howard County	IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared	Yes
LaGrange County	IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared	Yes
LaPorte County	IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared	Yes
Marshall County	IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared	Yes
Montgomery County	IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared	Yes
St. Joseph County	IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared	Yes
Starke County	IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared	Yes
Steuben County	IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared	Yes
Wells County	IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared	Yes

Same event, other declarations

Declared	Declaration	Where	Hazard	Areas	Households can apply?
Apr 14, 1965	Tornadoes & Severe StormsDR-190-MI · Major disaster	Michigan	Tornado	16	Yes
Apr 14, 1965	Tornadoes & Severe StormsDR-191-OH · Major disaster	Ohio	Tornado	15	Yes

More from Indiana: every FEMA declaration in Indiana.