HURRICANE ISABEL

DR-1490-NC affected Wake 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

$20.0M

Project obligations

Registrations

481

Tracked households

Aid breakdown

What FEMA records show for this declaration

Public assistance

Debris Removal$11.7M

Emergency Protective Measures$5.8M

Section 324 Management Costs$980K

Roads and Bridges$578K

Buildings and Equipment$563K

Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$306K

Utilities$58K

Total PA obligated$20.0M

Individual assistance

Owner-approved dollars$140K

Renter-approved dollars$295K

Intake IHP dollars$872K

Validated phase 2 dollars$619K

Tracked registrations481

About this declaration

What DR-1490-NC means

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