SEVERE STORMS AND FLOODING

DR-4272-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

Flood

DR-4272-TX

Declared

Jun 11, 2016

Public assistance

$2.7M

Project obligations

Registrations

1,325

Tracked households

Aid breakdown

What FEMA records show for this declaration

Public assistance

Emergency Protective Measures$1.2M

Debris Removal$671K

Roads and Bridges$270K

Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$255K

Water Control Facilities$245K

Utilities$42K

Buildings and Equipment$10K

Total PA obligated$2.7M

Individual assistance

Owner-approved dollars$7.9M

Renter-approved dollars$862K

Intake IHP dollars$17.5M

Validated phase 2 dollars$0

Tracked registrations1,325

About this declaration

What DR-4272-TX means

DR-4272-TX is a FEMA disaster declaration that affected Fort Bend County, Texas, with an incident window starting May 22, 2016 through Jun 24, 2016. 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 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.