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Disaster detail

SEVERE WINTER STORM, LANDSLIDES, MUDSLIDES, AND FLOODING

DR-1817-WA affected Pacific County, Washington. This page rolls up the declaration record, assistance metrics, and public-assistance categories for that specific event.

Incident type
Flood
DR-1817-WA
Declared
Jan 30, 2009
DR
Public assistance
$731K
Project obligations
Registrations
55
Tracked households
Aid breakdown

What FEMA records show for this declaration

Public assistance

Emergency Protective Measures$628K
Roads and Bridges$44K
Utilities$38K
Debris Removal$22K
Total PA obligated$731K

Individual assistance

Owner-approved dollars$158K
Renter-approved dollars$4K
Intake IHP dollars$323K
Validated phase 2 dollars$323K
Tracked registrations55
About this declaration

What DR-1817-WA means

DR-1817-WA is a FEMA disaster declaration that affected Pacific County, Washington, with an incident window starting Jan 6, 2009 through Jan 16, 2009. 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 Pacific County disaster history page, which shows all declarations, the dominant hazard pattern, decade-by-decade trends, and flood insurance context for the county.