TROPICAL STORM FRANCES

DR-1546-NC affected Burke County, North Carolina. This page rolls up the declaration record, assistance metrics, and public-assistance categories for that specific event.

Incident type

Hurricane

DR-1546-NC

Declared

Sep 10, 2004

Public assistance

$309K

Project obligations

Registrations

250

Tracked households

Aid breakdown

What FEMA records show for this declaration

Public assistance

Emergency Protective Measures$87K

Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$85K

Utilities$73K

Buildings and Equipment$58K

Water Control Facilities$6K

Total PA obligated$309K

Individual assistance

Owner-approved dollars$368K

Renter-approved dollars$41K

Intake IHP dollars$831K

Validated phase 2 dollars$906K

Tracked registrations250

About this declaration

What DR-1546-NC means

DR-1546-NC is a FEMA disaster declaration that affected Burke County, North Carolina, with an incident window starting Sep 7, 2004 through Sep 12, 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 Burke County disaster history page, which shows all declarations, the dominant hazard pattern, decade-by-decade trends, and flood insurance context for the county.