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Disaster detail

HURRICANE IRMA

DR-4338-GA affected Rabun County, Georgia. This page rolls up the declaration record, assistance metrics, and public-assistance categories for that specific event.

Incident type
Hurricane
DR-4338-GA
Declared
Sep 15, 2017
DR
Public assistance
$118K
Project obligations
Registrations
0
Tracked households
Aid breakdown

What FEMA records show for this declaration

Public assistance

Debris Removal$93K
Emergency Protective Measures$18K
Emergency Work Donated Resources$4K
Direct Administrative Costs$3K
Total PA obligated$118K

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-4338-GA means

DR-4338-GA is a FEMA disaster declaration that affected Rabun County, Georgia, with an incident window starting Sep 7, 2017 through Sep 20, 2017. 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 Rabun County disaster history page, which shows all declarations, the dominant hazard pattern, decade-by-decade trends, and flood insurance context for the county.