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DR-4504-KS affected Finney County, Kansas. This page rolls up the declaration record, assistance metrics, and public-assistance categories for that specific event.

Incident type

Biological

DR-4504-KS

Declared

Mar 29, 2020

Public assistance

$231K

Project obligations

Registrations

117

Tracked households

Aid breakdown

What FEMA records show for this declaration

Public assistance

Emergency Protective Measures$228K

Management Costs$3K

Total PA obligated$231K

Individual assistance

Owner-approved dollars$13K

Renter-approved dollars$770K

Intake IHP dollars$1.6M

Validated phase 2 dollars$1.5M

Tracked registrations117

About this declaration

What DR-4504-KS means

DR-4504-KS is a FEMA disaster declaration that affected Finney County, Kansas, 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 Finney County disaster history page, which shows all declarations, the dominant hazard pattern, decade-by-decade trends, and flood insurance context for the county.