HURRICANE ISABEL

DR-1490-NC affected New Hanover County, North Carolina. This page rolls up the declaration record, assistance metrics, and public-assistance categories for that specific event.

Incident type

Hurricane

DR-1490-NC

Declared

Sep 18, 2003

Public assistance

$612K

Project obligations

Registrations

2,754

Tracked households

Aid breakdown

What FEMA records show for this declaration

Public assistance

Emergency Protective Measures$399K

Debris Removal$207K

Buildings and Equipment$6K

Total PA obligated$612K

Individual assistance

Owner-approved dollars$296K

Renter-approved dollars$2.1M

Intake IHP dollars$4.7M

Validated phase 2 dollars$3.5M

Tracked registrations2,754

About this declaration

What DR-1490-NC means

DR-1490-NC is a FEMA disaster declaration that affected New Hanover County, North Carolina, with an incident window starting Sep 18, 2003 through Sep 26, 2003. 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 New Hanover County disaster history page, which shows all declarations, the dominant hazard pattern, decade-by-decade trends, and flood insurance context for the county.