HURRICANE ISABEL

DR-1490-NC affected Pasquotank 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

$4.4M

Project obligations

Registrations

3,482

Tracked households

Aid breakdown

What FEMA records show for this declaration

Public assistance

Debris Removal$3.3M

Utilities$487K

Emergency Protective Measures$276K

Buildings and Equipment$155K

Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$72K

Water Control Facilities$48K

Roads and Bridges$12K

Total PA obligated$4.4M

Individual assistance

Owner-approved dollars$881K

Renter-approved dollars$718K

Intake IHP dollars$3.2M

Validated phase 2 dollars$1.9M

Tracked registrations3,482

About this declaration

What DR-1490-NC means

DR-1490-NC is a FEMA disaster declaration that affected Pasquotank 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 Pasquotank County disaster history page, which shows all declarations, the dominant hazard pattern, decade-by-decade trends, and flood insurance context for the county.