SEVERE STORMS AND FLOODING

DR-4241-SC affected Orangeburg County, South Carolina. This page rolls up the declaration record, assistance metrics, and public-assistance categories for that specific event.

Incident type

Flood

DR-4241-SC

Declared

Oct 5, 2015

Public assistance

$1.0M

Project obligations

Registrations

6,350

Tracked households

Aid breakdown

What FEMA records show for this declaration

Public assistance

Roads and Bridges$452K

Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$362K

Utilities$86K

Emergency Protective Measures$73K

Buildings and Equipment$51K

Emergency Work Donated Resources$14K

Total PA obligated$1.0M

Individual assistance

Owner-approved dollars$2.5M

Renter-approved dollars$334K

Intake IHP dollars$5.6M

Validated phase 2 dollars$5.6M

Tracked registrations6,350

About this declaration

What DR-4241-SC means

DR-4241-SC is a FEMA disaster declaration that affected Orangeburg County, South Carolina, with an incident window starting Oct 1, 2015 through Oct 23, 2015. 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 Orangeburg County disaster history page, which shows all declarations, the dominant hazard pattern, decade-by-decade trends, and flood insurance context for the county.