HURRICANE MATTHEW

DR-4285-NC affected Chatham County, North Carolina. This page rolls up the declaration record, assistance metrics, and public-assistance categories for that specific event.

Incident type

Hurricane

DR-4285-NC

Declared

Oct 10, 2016

Public assistance

$154K

Project obligations

Registrations

Tracked households

Aid breakdown

What FEMA records show for this declaration

Public assistance

Emergency Protective Measures$56K

Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$50K

Debris Removal$25K

Utilities$13K

Buildings and Equipment$7K

Roads and Bridges$3K

Total PA obligated$154K

Individual assistance

Owner-approved dollars$1K

Renter-approved dollars$13K

Intake IHP dollars$28K

Validated phase 2 dollars$32K

Tracked registrations30

About this declaration

What DR-4285-NC means

DR-4285-NC is a FEMA disaster declaration that affected Chatham County, North Carolina, with an incident window starting Oct 4, 2016 through Oct 24, 2016. 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 Chatham County disaster history page, which shows all declarations, the dominant hazard pattern, decade-by-decade trends, and flood insurance context for the county.