HURRICANE ISABEL

DR-1491-VA affected Nottoway County, Virginia. This page rolls up the declaration record, assistance metrics, and public-assistance categories for that specific event.

Incident type

Hurricane

DR-1491-VA

Declared

Sep 18, 2003

Public assistance

$2.3M

Project obligations

Registrations

206

Tracked households

Aid breakdown

What FEMA records show for this declaration

Public assistance

Utilities$2.2M

Emergency Protective Measures$52K

Debris Removal$28K

Buildings and Equipment$7K

Roads and Bridges$6K

Emergency Work Donated Resources$1K

Total PA obligated$2.3M

Individual assistance

Owner-approved dollars$66K

Renter-approved dollars$10K

Intake IHP dollars$154K

Validated phase 2 dollars$154K

Tracked registrations206

About this declaration

What DR-1491-VA means

DR-1491-VA is a FEMA disaster declaration that affected Nottoway County, Virginia, with an incident window starting Sep 18, 2003 through Oct 1, 2003. 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 Nottoway County disaster history page, which shows all declarations, the dominant hazard pattern, decade-by-decade trends, and flood insurance context for the county.