Disaster detail

HURRICANE ISAAC

DR-4080-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-4080-LA
Declared
Aug 29, 2012
DR
Public assistance
$97.4M
Project obligations
Registrations
5,463
Tracked households
Aid breakdown

What FEMA records show for this declaration

Public assistance

Emergency Protective Measures$70.3M
Section 324 Management Costs$10.0M
Debris Removal$9.4M
Buildings and Equipment$6.9M
Roads and Bridges$285K
Utilities$282K
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$227K
Water Control Facilities$65K
Emergency Work Donated Resources$4K
Total PA obligated$97.4M

Individual assistance

Owner-approved dollars$1.1M
Renter-approved dollars$1.2M
Intake IHP dollars$4.5M
Validated phase 2 dollars$0
Tracked registrations5,463
About this declaration

What DR-4080-LA means

DR-4080-LA is a FEMA disaster declaration that affected East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, with an incident window starting Aug 26, 2012 through Sep 10, 2012. 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.