EM-3261-TX · Emergency declaration
Hurricane Rita
Declared for Texas on Sep 21, 2005, covering 255 designated areas. Households could apply to FEMA in 0 of them.
Sep 21, 2005declared
255areas designated
0open to household applications
$6.3Mpublic 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 an emergency declaration is
An emergency declaration is narrower and usually comes fast, often before or during an event. It mostly pays for emergency work such as evacuations, shelters and debris clearance, and federal help under one is capped at $5 million unless the President finds that more is urgently needed and reports that to Congress. Help for individual households is rare under an emergency declaration.
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 not declared | — |
| Andrews County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Angelina County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Aransas County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Archer County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Armstrong County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Atascosa County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Austin County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Bailey County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Bandera County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Bastrop County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Baylor County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Bee County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Bell County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Bexar County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Blanco County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Borden County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Bosque County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Bowie County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Brazoria County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Brazos County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Brewster County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Briscoe County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Brooks County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Brown County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Burleson County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Burnet County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Caldwell County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Calhoun County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Callahan County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Cameron County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Camp County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Carson County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Cass County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Castro County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Chambers County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Cherokee County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Childress County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Clay County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Cochran County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Coke County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Coleman County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Collin County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Collingsworth County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Colorado County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Comal County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Comanche County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Concho County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Cooke County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Coryell County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Cottle County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Crane County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Crockett County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Crosby County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Culberson County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Dallam County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Dallas County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Dawson County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| DeWitt County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Deaf Smith County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Delta County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Denton County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Dickens County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Dimmit County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Donley County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Duval County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Eastland County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Ector County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Edwards County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| El Paso County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Ellis County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Erath County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Falls County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Fannin County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Fayette County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Fisher County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Floyd County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Foard County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Fort Bend County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Franklin County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Freestone County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Frio County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Gaines County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Galveston County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Garza County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Gillespie County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Glasscock County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Goliad County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Gonzales County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Gray County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Grayson County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Gregg County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Grimes County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Guadalupe County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Hale County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Hall County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Hamilton County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Hansford County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Hardeman County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Hardin County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Harris County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Harrison County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Hartley County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Haskell County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Hays County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Hemphill County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Henderson County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Hidalgo County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Hill County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Hockley County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Hood County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Hopkins County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Houston County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Howard County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Hudspeth County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Hunt County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Hutchinson County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Irion County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Jack County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Jackson County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Jasper County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Jeff Davis County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Jefferson County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Jim Hogg County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Jim Wells County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Johnson County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Jones County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Karnes County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Kaufman County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Kendall County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Kenedy County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Kent County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Kerr County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Kimble County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| King County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Kinney County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Kleberg County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Knox County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| La Salle County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Lamar County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Lamb County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Lampasas County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Lavaca County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Lee County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Leon County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Liberty County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Limestone County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Lipscomb County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Live Oak County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Llano County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Loving County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Lubbock County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Lynn County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Madison County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Marion County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Martin County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Mason County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Matagorda County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Maverick County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| McCulloch County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| McLennan County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| McMullen County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Medina County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Menard County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Midland County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Milam County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Mills County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Mitchell County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Montague County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Montgomery County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Moore County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Morris County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Motley County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Nacogdoches County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Navarro County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Newton County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Nolan County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Nueces County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Ochiltree County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Oldham County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Orange County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Palo Pinto County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Panola County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Parker County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Parmer County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Pecos County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Polk County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Potter County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Presidio County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Rains County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Randall County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Reagan County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Real County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Red River County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Reeves County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Refugio County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Roberts County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Robertson County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Rockwall County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Runnels County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Rusk County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Sabine County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| San Augustine County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| San Jacinto County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| San Patricio County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| San Saba County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Schleicher County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Scurry County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Shackelford County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Shelby County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Sherman County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Smith County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Somervell County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Starr County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Stephens County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Sterling County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Stonewall County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Sutton County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Swisher County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Tarrant County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Taylor County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Terrell County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Terry County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Throckmorton County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Titus County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Tom Green County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Travis County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Trinity County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Tyler County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Upshur County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Upton County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Uvalde County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Val Verde County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Van Zandt County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Victoria County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Walker County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Waller County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Ward County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Washington County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Webb County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Wharton County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Wheeler County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Wichita County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Wilbarger County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Willacy County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Williamson County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Wilson County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Winkler County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Wise County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Wood County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Yoakum County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Young County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Zapata County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Zavala County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Statewide | IA not declaredPA not declaredHM not declared | — |
Same event, other declarations
| Declared | Declaration | Where | Households can apply? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 21, 2005 | Hurricane RitaEM-3260-LA · Emergency | Louisiana | No |
| Sep 24, 2005 | Hurricane RitaDR-1607-LA · Major disaster | Louisiana | Yesdeadline was Apr 10, 2006 |
| Sep 24, 2005 | Hurricane RitaDR-1606-TX · Major disaster | Texas | Yesdeadline was Apr 10, 2006 |
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