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Disaster detail

SEVERE WINTER STORMS AND SNOWSTORMS

DR-1896-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
Snowstorm
DR-1896-DE
Declared
Mar 31, 2010
DR
Public assistance
$3.3M
Project obligations
Registrations
0
Tracked households
Aid breakdown

What FEMA records show for this declaration

Public assistance

Emergency Protective Measures$2.9M
Buildings and Equipment$173K
Utilities$99K
Debris Removal$69K
Section 324 Management Costs$52K
Emergency Work Donated Resources$33K
Roads and Bridges$9K
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$4K
Total PA obligated$3.3M

Individual assistance

Owner-approved dollars$0
Renter-approved dollars$0
Intake IHP dollars$0
Validated phase 2 dollars$0
Tracked registrations0
About this declaration

What DR-1896-DE means

DR-1896-DE is a FEMA disaster declaration that affected New Castle County, Delaware, with an incident window starting Feb 5, 2010 through Feb 11, 2010. The declaration type is "DR," categorized as snowstorm.

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.