HURRICANE IVAN

DR-1553-NC affected Macon County, North Carolina. This page rolls up the declaration record, assistance metrics, and public-assistance categories for that specific event.

Incident type

Hurricane

DR-1553-NC

Declared

Sep 18, 2004

Public assistance

$659K

Project obligations

Registrations

531

Tracked households

Aid breakdown

What FEMA records show for this declaration

Public assistance

Emergency Protective Measures$258K

Debris Removal$191K

Utilities$108K

Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$92K

Roads and Bridges$10K

Total PA obligated$659K

Individual assistance

Owner-approved dollars$794K

Renter-approved dollars$129K

Intake IHP dollars$1.9M

Validated phase 2 dollars$1.9M

Tracked registrations531

About this declaration

What DR-1553-NC means

DR-1553-NC is a FEMA disaster declaration that affected Macon County, North Carolina, with an incident window starting Sep 16, 2004 through Sep 23, 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 Macon County disaster history page, which shows all declarations, the dominant hazard pattern, decade-by-decade trends, and flood insurance context for the county.