Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides
Declared for Colorado on Sep 14, 2013, covering 18 designated areas. Households could apply to FEMA in 11 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Adams County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Dec 2, 2013 |
| Arapahoe County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Dec 2, 2013 |
| Boulder County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Dec 2, 2013 |
| Clear Creek County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Dec 2, 2013 |
| Crowley County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Denver County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| El Paso County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Dec 2, 2013 |
| Fremont County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Dec 2, 2013 |
| Gilpin County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Jefferson County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Dec 2, 2013 |
| Lake County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Larimer County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Dec 2, 2013 |
| Lincoln County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Logan County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Dec 2, 2013 |
| Morgan County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Dec 2, 2013 |
| Sedgwick County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Washington County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Weld County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Dec 2, 2013 |
Same event, other declarations
| Declared | Declaration | Where | Households can apply? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 12, 2013 | Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and MudslidesEM-3365-CO · Emergency | Colorado | No |
| Sep 25, 2013 | Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and MudslidesDR-4146-NC · Major disaster | North Carolina | No |
More from Colorado: every FEMA declaration in Colorado.