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Disaster detail

SEVERE WINTER COLD AND FROST

DR-1468-ME affected Androscoggin County, Maine. This page rolls up the declaration record, assistance metrics, and public-assistance categories for that specific event.

Incident type
Freezing
DR-1468-ME
Declared
May 14, 2003
DR
Public assistance
$150K
Project obligations
Registrations
0
Tracked households
Aid breakdown

What FEMA records show for this declaration

Public assistance

Utilities$140K
Emergency Protective Measures$8K
Buildings and Equipment$2K
Total PA obligated$150K

Individual assistance

Owner-approved dollars$0
Renter-approved dollars$0
Intake IHP dollars$0
Validated phase 2 dollars$0
Tracked registrations0
About this declaration

What DR-1468-ME means

DR-1468-ME is a FEMA disaster declaration that affected Androscoggin County, Maine, with an incident window starting Dec 17, 2002 through Jun 1, 2003. The declaration type is "DR," categorized as freezing.

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 Androscoggin County disaster history page, which shows all declarations, the dominant hazard pattern, decade-by-decade trends, and flood insurance context for the county.