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HURRICANE GUSTAV

DR-1786-LA affected Sabine Parish, Louisiana. This page rolls up the declaration record, assistance metrics, and public-assistance categories for that specific event.

Incident type
Hurricane
DR-1786-LA
Declared
Sep 2, 2008
DR
Public assistance
$54K
Project obligations
Registrations
98
Tracked households
Aid breakdown

What FEMA records show for this declaration

Public assistance

Emergency Protective Measures$50K
Utilities$2K
Debris Removal$2K
Total PA obligated$54K

Individual assistance

Owner-approved dollars$25K
Renter-approved dollars$4K
Intake IHP dollars$59K
Validated phase 2 dollars$0
Tracked registrations98
About this declaration

What DR-1786-LA means

DR-1786-LA is a FEMA disaster declaration that affected Sabine Parish, Louisiana, with an incident window starting Sep 1, 2008 through Sep 11, 2008. 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 Sabine Parish disaster history page, which shows all declarations, the dominant hazard pattern, decade-by-decade trends, and flood insurance context for the county.