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DR-4501-GA affected Ben Hill County, Georgia. This page rolls up the declaration record, assistance metrics, and public-assistance categories for that specific event.

Incident type
Biological
DR-4501-GA
Declared
Mar 29, 2020
DR
Public assistance
$112K
Project obligations
Registrations
73
Tracked households
Aid breakdown

What FEMA records show for this declaration

Public assistance

Emergency Protective Measures$112K
Total PA obligated$112K

Individual assistance

Owner-approved dollars$0
Renter-approved dollars$417K
Intake IHP dollars$835K
Validated phase 2 dollars$0
Tracked registrations73
About this declaration

What DR-4501-GA means

DR-4501-GA is a FEMA disaster declaration that affected Ben Hill County, Georgia, with an incident window starting Jan 20, 2020 through May 11, 2023. The declaration type is "DR," categorized as biological.

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 Ben Hill County disaster history page, which shows all declarations, the dominant hazard pattern, decade-by-decade trends, and flood insurance context for the county.