TROPICAL STORM HELENE

DR-4827-NC affected Polk County, North Carolina. This page rolls up the declaration record, assistance metrics, and public-assistance categories for that specific event.

Incident type

Tropical Storm

DR-4827-NC

Declared

Sep 28, 2024

Public assistance

$9.0M

Project obligations

Registrations

4,391

Tracked households

Aid breakdown

What FEMA records show for this declaration

Public assistance

Emergency Protective Measures$3.6M

Debris Removal$2.1M

Utilities$1.9M

Roads and Bridges$637K

Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$359K

Management Costs$276K

Buildings and Equipment$180K

Water Control Facilities$22K

Total PA obligated$9.0M

Individual assistance

Owner-approved dollars$6.6M

Renter-approved dollars$878K

Intake IHP dollars$15.0M

Validated phase 2 dollars$16.6M

Tracked registrations4,391

About this declaration

What DR-4827-NC means

DR-4827-NC is a FEMA disaster declaration that affected Polk County, North Carolina, with an incident window starting Sep 25, 2024 through Dec 18, 2024. The declaration type is "DR," categorized as tropical storm.

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 Polk County disaster history page, which shows all declarations, the dominant hazard pattern, decade-by-decade trends, and flood insurance context for the county.