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SEVERE STORMS AND FLOODING

DR-4241-SC affected Williamsburg 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
DR
Public assistance
$11.3M
Project obligations
Registrations
5,718
Tracked households
Aid breakdown

What FEMA records show for this declaration

Public assistance

Emergency Protective Measures$10.1M
Utilities$514K
Roads and Bridges$364K
Buildings and Equipment$201K
Emergency Work Donated Resources$168K
Total PA obligated$11.3M

Individual assistance

Owner-approved dollars$6.4M
Renter-approved dollars$552K
Intake IHP dollars$14.0M
Validated phase 2 dollars$14.0M
Tracked registrations5,718
About this declaration

What DR-4241-SC means

DR-4241-SC is a FEMA disaster declaration that affected Williamsburg 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 Williamsburg County disaster history page, which shows all declarations, the dominant hazard pattern, decade-by-decade trends, and flood insurance context for the county.