HURRICANE FRANCES

DR-1545-FL affected Hendry 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

$426K

Project obligations

Registrations

908

Tracked households

Aid breakdown

What FEMA records show for this declaration

Public assistance

Emergency Protective Measures$174K

Debris Removal$145K

Buildings and Equipment$64K

Utilities$39K

Roads and Bridges$4K

Total PA obligated$426K

Individual assistance

Owner-approved dollars$682K

Renter-approved dollars$436K

Intake IHP dollars$2.2M

Validated phase 2 dollars$2.1M

Tracked registrations908

About this declaration

What DR-1545-FL means

DR-1545-FL is a FEMA disaster declaration that affected Hendry 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 Hendry County disaster history page, which shows all declarations, the dominant hazard pattern, decade-by-decade trends, and flood insurance context for the county.