HURRICANE ISABEL

DR-1492-MD affected Dorchester County, Maryland. This page rolls up the declaration record, assistance metrics, and public-assistance categories for that specific event.

Incident type

Hurricane

DR-1492-MD

Declared

Sep 19, 2003

Public assistance

$854K

Project obligations

Registrations

1,059

Tracked households

Aid breakdown

What FEMA records show for this declaration

Public assistance

Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$440K

Debris Removal$103K

Roads and Bridges$89K

Emergency Protective Measures$88K

Buildings and Equipment$62K

Utilities$61K

Water Control Facilities$8K

Emergency Work Donated Resources$3K

Total PA obligated$854K

Individual assistance

Owner-approved dollars$3.1M

Renter-approved dollars$352K

Intake IHP dollars$7.0M

Validated phase 2 dollars$7.0M

Tracked registrations1,059

About this declaration

What DR-1492-MD means

DR-1492-MD is a FEMA disaster declaration that affected Dorchester County, Maryland, with an incident window starting Sep 18, 2003 through Sep 29, 2003. 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 Dorchester County disaster history page, which shows all declarations, the dominant hazard pattern, decade-by-decade trends, and flood insurance context for the county.