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Disaster detail

HURRICANE RITA

DR-1606-TX affected Fort Bend County, Texas. This page rolls up the declaration record, assistance metrics, and public-assistance categories for that specific event.

Incident type
Hurricane
DR-1606-TX
Declared
Sep 24, 2005
DR
Public assistance
$626K
Project obligations
Registrations
3,776
Tracked households
Aid breakdown

What FEMA records show for this declaration

Public assistance

Emergency Protective Measures$609K
Debris Removal$17K
Total PA obligated$626K

Individual assistance

Owner-approved dollars$551K
Renter-approved dollars$610K
Intake IHP dollars$2.4M
Validated phase 2 dollars$419K
Tracked registrations3,776
About this declaration

What DR-1606-TX means

DR-1606-TX is a FEMA disaster declaration that affected Fort Bend County, Texas, with an incident window starting Sep 23, 2005 through Oct 14, 2005. The declaration type is "DR," categorized as hurricane.

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