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Disaster detail

SEVERE WINTER STORM AND SNOWSTORM

DR-4694-NY affected Erie County, New York. This page rolls up the declaration record, assistance metrics, and public-assistance categories for that specific event.

Incident type
Snowstorm
DR-4694-NY
Declared
Mar 15, 2023
DR
Public assistance
$18.1M
Project obligations
Registrations
0
Tracked households
Aid breakdown

What FEMA records show for this declaration

Public assistance

Emergency Protective Measures$9.8M
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$2.8M
Buildings and Equipment$2.4M
Roads and Bridges$992K
Debris Removal$922K
Management Costs$819K
Utilities$282K
Emergency Work Donated Resources$99K
Water Control Facilities$19K
Total PA obligated$18.1M

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-4694-NY means

DR-4694-NY is a FEMA disaster declaration that affected Erie County, New York, with an incident window starting Dec 23, 2022 through Dec 28, 2022. The declaration type is "DR," categorized as snowstorm.

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