HURRICANE ISAAC

DR-4081-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-4081-MS

Declared

Aug 29, 2012

Public assistance

$8.0M

Project obligations

Registrations

5,309

Tracked households

Aid breakdown

What FEMA records show for this declaration

Public assistance

Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$5.0M

Debris Removal$1.2M

Emergency Protective Measures$836K

Utilities$586K

Buildings and Equipment$392K

Roads and Bridges$87K

Emergency Work Donated Resources$16K

Total PA obligated$8.0M

Individual assistance

Owner-approved dollars$1.6M

Renter-approved dollars$987K

Intake IHP dollars$5.1M

Validated phase 2 dollars$5.1M

Tracked registrations5,309

About this declaration

What DR-4081-MS means

DR-4081-MS is a FEMA disaster declaration that affected Harrison County, Mississippi, with an incident window starting Aug 26, 2012 through Sep 11, 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 Harrison County disaster history page, which shows all declarations, the dominant hazard pattern, decade-by-decade trends, and flood insurance context for the county.