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DR-4487-NC affected Swain County, North Carolina. This page rolls up the declaration record, assistance metrics, and public-assistance categories for that specific event.

Incident type
Biological
DR-4487-NC
Declared
Mar 25, 2020
DR
Public assistance
$7K
Project obligations
Registrations
9
Tracked households
Aid breakdown

What FEMA records show for this declaration

Public assistance

Emergency Protective Measures$7K
Total PA obligated$7K

Individual assistance

Owner-approved dollars$0
Renter-approved dollars$36K
Intake IHP dollars$73K
Validated phase 2 dollars$73K
Tracked registrations9
About this declaration

What DR-4487-NC means

DR-4487-NC is a FEMA disaster declaration that affected Swain County, North Carolina, with an incident window starting Jan 20, 2020 through May 11, 2023. The declaration type is "DR," categorized as biological.

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