HURRICANE IVAN

DR-1550-MS affected Harrison County, Mississippi. This page rolls up the declaration record, assistance metrics, and public-assistance categories for that specific event.

Incident type

Hurricane

DR-1550-MS

Declared

Sep 15, 2004

Public assistance

$1.8M

Project obligations

Registrations

1,097

Tracked households

Aid breakdown

What FEMA records show for this declaration

Public assistance

Debris Removal$982K

Emergency Protective Measures$452K

Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$192K

Buildings and Equipment$148K

Utilities$31K

Roads and Bridges$18K

Emergency Work Donated Resources$6K

Total PA obligated$1.8M

Individual assistance

Owner-approved dollars$489K

Renter-approved dollars$199K

Intake IHP dollars$1.4M

Validated phase 2 dollars$1.4M

Tracked registrations1,097

About this declaration

What DR-1550-MS means

DR-1550-MS is a FEMA disaster declaration that affected Harrison County, Mississippi, with an incident window starting Sep 13, 2004 through Sep 20, 2004. 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 Harrison County disaster history page, which shows all declarations, the dominant hazard pattern, decade-by-decade trends, and flood insurance context for the county.