Home / Iowa / Buchanan County / DR-4289-IA
Disaster detail

SEVERE STORMS AND FLOODING

DR-4289-IA affected Buchanan County, Iowa. This page rolls up the declaration record, assistance metrics, and public-assistance categories for that specific event.

Incident type
Flood
DR-4289-IA
Declared
Oct 31, 2016
DR
Public assistance
$118K
Project obligations
Registrations
0
Tracked households
Aid breakdown

What FEMA records show for this declaration

Public assistance

Roads and Bridges$63K
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$23K
Debris Removal$17K
Emergency Protective Measures$15K
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-4289-IA means

DR-4289-IA is a FEMA disaster declaration that affected Buchanan County, Iowa, with an incident window starting Sep 21, 2016 through Oct 3, 2016. The declaration type is "DR," categorized as flood.

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