HURRICANE KATRINA

DR-1603-LA affected East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana. This page rolls up the declaration record, assistance metrics, and public-assistance categories for that specific event.

Incident type

Hurricane

DR-1603-LA

Declared

Aug 29, 2005

Public assistance

$4.2B

Project obligations

Registrations

50,791

Tracked households

Aid breakdown

What FEMA records show for this declaration

Public assistance

Buildings and Equipment$3.0B

Section 324 Management Costs$500.8M

Emergency Protective Measures$479.7M

Debris Removal$94.3M

Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$15.8M

Utilities$12.8M

Direct Administrative Costs$10.3M

Water Control Facilities$6.2M

Roads and Bridges$4.9M

Total PA obligated$4.2B

Individual assistance

Owner-approved dollars$13.7M

Renter-approved dollars$22.2M

Intake IHP dollars$72.3M

Validated phase 2 dollars$59.2M

Tracked registrations50,791

About this declaration

What DR-1603-LA means

DR-1603-LA is a FEMA disaster declaration that affected East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, with an incident window starting Aug 29, 2005 through Nov 1, 2005. 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 East Baton Rouge Parish disaster history page, which shows all declarations, the dominant hazard pattern, decade-by-decade trends, and flood insurance context for the county.