HURRICANE ISABEL

DR-1491-VA affected Virginia Beach 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

$15.9M

Project obligations

Registrations

6,416

Tracked households

Aid breakdown

What FEMA records show for this declaration

Public assistance

Debris Removal$13.1M

Emergency Protective Measures$1.9M

Utilities$288K

Buildings and Equipment$281K

Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$181K

Roads and Bridges$136K

Water Control Facilities$20K

Total PA obligated$15.9M

Individual assistance

Owner-approved dollars$1.3M

Renter-approved dollars$353K

Intake IHP dollars$3.3M

Validated phase 2 dollars$3.3M

Tracked registrations6,416

About this declaration

What DR-1491-VA means

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