Disaster detail

TROPICAL STORM LEE

DR-4030-PA affected Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. This page rolls up the declaration record, assistance metrics, and public-assistance categories for that specific event.

Incident type
Flood
DR-4030-PA
Declared
Sep 12, 2011
DR
Public assistance
$142K
Project obligations
Registrations
8,086
Tracked households
Aid breakdown

What FEMA records show for this declaration

Public assistance

Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$83K
Emergency Protective Measures$57K
Utilities$2K
Total PA obligated$142K

Individual assistance

Owner-approved dollars$4.2M
Renter-approved dollars$1.5M
Intake IHP dollars$11.3M
Validated phase 2 dollars$11.3M
Tracked registrations8,086
About this declaration

What DR-4030-PA means

DR-4030-PA is a FEMA disaster declaration that affected Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, with an incident window starting Sep 3, 2011 through Oct 15, 2011. The declaration type is "DR," categorized as flood.

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