Home / Delaware / New Castle County / DR-1494-DE
Disaster detail

HURRICANE ISABEL

DR-1494-DE affected New Castle County, Delaware. This page rolls up the declaration record, assistance metrics, and public-assistance categories for that specific event.

Incident type
Hurricane
DR-1494-DE
Declared
Sep 20, 2003
DR
Public assistance
$1.2M
Project obligations
Registrations
516
Tracked households
Aid breakdown

What FEMA records show for this declaration

Public assistance

Emergency Protective Measures$702K
Debris Removal$299K
Buildings and Equipment$59K
Section 324 Management Costs$55K
Utilities$41K
Emergency Work Donated Resources$18K
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$6K
Roads and Bridges$2K
Total PA obligated$1.2M

Individual assistance

Owner-approved dollars$1.1M
Renter-approved dollars$243K
Intake IHP dollars$2.6M
Validated phase 2 dollars$2.6M
Tracked registrations516
About this declaration

What DR-1494-DE means

DR-1494-DE is a FEMA disaster declaration that affected New Castle County, Delaware, with an incident window starting Sep 18, 2003 through Sep 29, 2003. The declaration type is "DR," categorized as hurricane.

When FEMA issues a declaration, it can authorize Individual Assistance (IA), Public Assistance (PA), or Hazard Mitigation (HM) programs — or any combination. IA covers direct aid to households: housing repairs, rental assistance, and other needs. PA funds infrastructure repair and emergency protective measures managed by local governments and nonprofits. The dollar figures on this page reflect what FEMA's open datasets report as obligated, which may differ from final disbursements.

This declaration is one entry in the broader New Castle County disaster history page, which shows all declarations, the dominant hazard pattern, decade-by-decade trends, and flood insurance context for the county.