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DR-4492-SC affected Cherokee County, South Carolina. This page rolls up the declaration record, assistance metrics, and public-assistance categories for that specific event.

Incident type
Biological
DR-4492-SC
Declared
Mar 27, 2020
DR
Public assistance
$51K
Project obligations
Registrations
91
Tracked households
Aid breakdown

What FEMA records show for this declaration

Public assistance

Emergency Protective Measures$51K
Total PA obligated$51K

Individual assistance

Owner-approved dollars$34K
Renter-approved dollars$463K
Intake IHP dollars$994K
Validated phase 2 dollars$994K
Tracked registrations91
About this declaration

What DR-4492-SC means

DR-4492-SC is a FEMA disaster declaration that affected Cherokee County, South 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 Cherokee County disaster history page, which shows all declarations, the dominant hazard pattern, decade-by-decade trends, and flood insurance context for the county.