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Disaster detail

HURRICANE KATRINA

DR-1603-LA affected East Feliciana 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
DR
Public assistance
$768K
Project obligations
Registrations
3,162
Tracked households
Aid breakdown

What FEMA records show for this declaration

Public assistance

Debris Removal$536K
Emergency Protective Measures$232K
Total PA obligated$768K

Individual assistance

Owner-approved dollars$2.4M
Renter-approved dollars$719K
Intake IHP dollars$6.2M
Validated phase 2 dollars$5.0M
Tracked registrations3,162
About this declaration

What DR-1603-LA means

DR-1603-LA is a FEMA disaster declaration that affected East Feliciana 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 Feliciana Parish disaster history page, which shows all declarations, the dominant hazard pattern, decade-by-decade trends, and flood insurance context for the county.