SEVERE STORMS AND FLOODING

DR-4277-LA affected West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana. This page rolls up the declaration record, assistance metrics, and public-assistance categories for that specific event.

Incident type

Flood

DR-4277-LA

Declared

Aug 14, 2016

Public assistance

$182K

Project obligations

Registrations

301

Tracked households

Aid breakdown

What FEMA records show for this declaration

Public assistance

Roads and Bridges$74K

Emergency Protective Measures$61K

Water Control Facilities$26K

Buildings and Equipment$13K

Utilities$7K

Total PA obligated$182K

Individual assistance

Owner-approved dollars$155K

Renter-approved dollars$26K

Intake IHP dollars$363K

Validated phase 2 dollars$0

Tracked registrations301

About this declaration

What DR-4277-LA means

DR-4277-LA is a FEMA disaster declaration that affected West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, with an incident window starting Aug 11, 2016 through Aug 31, 2016. The declaration type is "DR," categorized as flood.

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 West 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.