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DR-4490-MO affected Wright County, Missouri. This page rolls up the declaration record, assistance metrics, and public-assistance categories for that specific event.

Incident type
Biological
DR-4490-MO
Declared
Mar 26, 2020
DR
Public assistance
$28K
Project obligations
Registrations
14
Tracked households
Aid breakdown

What FEMA records show for this declaration

Public assistance

Emergency Protective Measures$26K
Management Costs$1K
Total PA obligated$28K

Individual assistance

Owner-approved dollars$0
Renter-approved dollars$79K
Intake IHP dollars$158K
Validated phase 2 dollars$144K
Tracked registrations14
About this declaration

What DR-4490-MO means

DR-4490-MO is a FEMA disaster declaration that affected Wright County, Missouri, with an incident window starting Jan 20, 2020 through May 11, 2023. The declaration type is "DR," categorized as biological.

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