TROPICAL STORM FRANCES

DR-1546-NC affected Haywood 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

$1.9M

Project obligations

Registrations

835

Tracked households

Aid breakdown

What FEMA records show for this declaration

Public assistance

Buildings and Equipment$739K

Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$527K

Utilities$255K

Emergency Protective Measures$253K

Roads and Bridges$46K

Debris Removal$34K

Total PA obligated$1.9M

Individual assistance

Owner-approved dollars$2.2M

Renter-approved dollars$1.5M

Intake IHP dollars$7.5M

Validated phase 2 dollars$7.7M

Tracked registrations835

About this declaration

What DR-1546-NC means

DR-1546-NC is a FEMA disaster declaration that affected Haywood 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 Haywood County disaster history page, which shows all declarations, the dominant hazard pattern, decade-by-decade trends, and flood insurance context for the county.