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Disaster detail

SEVERE WINTER STORM AND RECORD AND/OR NEAR RECORD SNOW

DR-1616-ND affected Ward County, North Dakota. This page rolls up the declaration record, assistance metrics, and public-assistance categories for that specific event.

Incident type
Snowstorm
DR-1616-ND
Declared
Nov 21, 2005
DR
Public assistance
$199K
Project obligations
Registrations
0
Tracked households
Aid breakdown

What FEMA records show for this declaration

Public assistance

Debris Removal$130K
Utilities$41K
Emergency Protective Measures$26K
Buildings and Equipment$1K
Total PA obligated$199K

Individual assistance

Owner-approved dollars$0
Renter-approved dollars$0
Intake IHP dollars$0
Validated phase 2 dollars$0
Tracked registrations0
About this declaration

What DR-1616-ND means

DR-1616-ND is a FEMA disaster declaration that affected Ward County, North Dakota, with an incident window starting Oct 4, 2005 through Oct 6, 2005. The declaration type is "DR," categorized as snowstorm.

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