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HURRICANE MATTHEW

DR-4284-GA affected Wayne County, Georgia. This page rolls up the declaration record, assistance metrics, and public-assistance categories for that specific event.

Incident type
Hurricane
DR-4284-GA
Declared
Oct 8, 2016
DR
Public assistance
$576K
Project obligations
Registrations
485
Tracked households
Aid breakdown

What FEMA records show for this declaration

Public assistance

Debris Removal$477K
Emergency Protective Measures$60K
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$30K
Roads and Bridges$8K
Emergency Work Donated Resources$1K
Total PA obligated$576K

Individual assistance

Owner-approved dollars$94K
Renter-approved dollars$36K
Intake IHP dollars$260K
Validated phase 2 dollars$260K
Tracked registrations485
About this declaration

What DR-4284-GA means

DR-4284-GA is a FEMA disaster declaration that affected Wayne County, Georgia, with an incident window starting Oct 4, 2016 through Oct 15, 2016. 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 Wayne County disaster history page, which shows all declarations, the dominant hazard pattern, decade-by-decade trends, and flood insurance context for the county.