HURRICANE FRANCES

DR-1545-FL affected Baker County, Florida. This page rolls up the declaration record, assistance metrics, and public-assistance categories for that specific event.

Incident type

Hurricane

DR-1545-FL

Declared

Sep 4, 2004

Public assistance

$1.6M

Project obligations

Registrations

235

Tracked households

Aid breakdown

What FEMA records show for this declaration

Public assistance

Roads and Bridges$1.4M

Debris Removal$97K

Emergency Protective Measures$90K

Buildings and Equipment$11K

Utilities$7K

Total PA obligated$1.6M

Individual assistance

Owner-approved dollars$295K

Renter-approved dollars$16K

Intake IHP dollars$631K

Validated phase 2 dollars$548K

Tracked registrations235

About this declaration

What DR-1545-FL means

DR-1545-FL is a FEMA disaster declaration that affected Baker County, Florida, with an incident window starting Sep 3, 2004 through Oct 8, 2004. 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 Baker County disaster history page, which shows all declarations, the dominant hazard pattern, decade-by-decade trends, and flood insurance context for the county.