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DR-4577-LA affected Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana. This page rolls up the declaration record, assistance metrics, and public-assistance categories for that specific event.

Incident type
Hurricane
DR-4577-LA
Declared
Jan 12, 2021
DR
Public assistance
$2.3M
Project obligations
Registrations
942
Tracked households
Aid breakdown

What FEMA records show for this declaration

Public assistance

Emergency Protective Measures$647K
Debris Removal$608K
Buildings and Equipment$461K
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$253K
Management Costs$112K
Utilities$72K
Roads and Bridges$70K
Water Control Facilities$45K
Emergency Work Donated Resources$6K
Total PA obligated$2.3M

Individual assistance

Owner-approved dollars$1.3M
Renter-approved dollars$34K
Intake IHP dollars$2.7M
Validated phase 2 dollars$0
Tracked registrations942
About this declaration

What DR-4577-LA means

DR-4577-LA is a FEMA disaster declaration that affected Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, with an incident window starting Oct 26, 2020 through Oct 29, 2020. 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 Plaquemines Parish disaster history page, which shows all declarations, the dominant hazard pattern, decade-by-decade trends, and flood insurance context for the county.