HURRICANE ISABEL

DR-1491-VA affected Portsmouth city, 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

$7.5M

Project obligations

Registrations

3,703

Tracked households

Aid breakdown

What FEMA records show for this declaration

Public assistance

Debris Removal$6.6M

Emergency Protective Measures$512K

Roads and Bridges$146K

Buildings and Equipment$131K

Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$35K

Utilities$23K

Total PA obligated$7.5M

Individual assistance

Owner-approved dollars$831K

Renter-approved dollars$446K

Intake IHP dollars$2.6M

Validated phase 2 dollars$2.6M

Tracked registrations3,703

About this declaration

What DR-1491-VA means

DR-1491-VA is a FEMA disaster declaration that affected Portsmouth city, 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 Portsmouth city disaster history page, which shows all declarations, the dominant hazard pattern, decade-by-decade trends, and flood insurance context for the county.