Home / New York / Niagara County / DR-1665-NY
Disaster detail

SEVERE STORMS AND FLOODING

DR-1665-NY affected Niagara County, New York. This page rolls up the declaration record, assistance metrics, and public-assistance categories for that specific event.

Incident type
Severe Storm
DR-1665-NY
Declared
Oct 24, 2006
DR
Public assistance
$3.3M
Project obligations
Registrations
857
Tracked households
Aid breakdown

What FEMA records show for this declaration

Public assistance

Debris Removal$2.6M
Emergency Protective Measures$604K
Utilities$40K
Buildings and Equipment$10K
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$3K
Roads and Bridges$1K
Total PA obligated$3.3M

Individual assistance

Owner-approved dollars$416K
Renter-approved dollars$5K
Intake IHP dollars$846K
Validated phase 2 dollars$846K
Tracked registrations857
About this declaration

What DR-1665-NY means

DR-1665-NY is a FEMA disaster declaration that affected Niagara County, New York, with an incident window starting Oct 12, 2006 through Oct 25, 2006. The declaration type is "DR," categorized as severe storm.

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