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Disaster detail

HURRICANE SANDY

DR-4097-MA affected Nantucket County, Massachusetts. This page rolls up the declaration record, assistance metrics, and public-assistance categories for that specific event.

Incident type
Hurricane
DR-4097-MA
Declared
Dec 19, 2012
DR
Public assistance
$31K
Project obligations
Registrations
0
Tracked households
Aid breakdown

What FEMA records show for this declaration

Public assistance

Debris Removal$12K
Emergency Protective Measures$7K
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$7K
Roads and Bridges$6K
Total PA obligated$31K

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-4097-MA means

DR-4097-MA is a FEMA disaster declaration that affected Nantucket County, Massachusetts, with an incident window starting Oct 27, 2012 through Nov 8, 2012. 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 Nantucket County disaster history page, which shows all declarations, the dominant hazard pattern, decade-by-decade trends, and flood insurance context for the county.