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SEVERE WINTER STORM, LANDSLIDES, MUDSLIDES, AND FLOODING

DR-1817-WA affected Pierce 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
$7.9M
Project obligations
Registrations
584
Tracked households
Aid breakdown

What FEMA records show for this declaration

Public assistance

Section 324 Management Costs$1.8M
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$1.5M
Emergency Protective Measures$1.0M
Direct Administrative Costs$1.0M
Water Control Facilities$761K
Debris Removal$678K
Roads and Bridges$641K
Utilities$333K
Buildings and Equipment$180K
Emergency Work Donated Resources$30K
Total PA obligated$7.9M

Individual assistance

Owner-approved dollars$1.3M
Renter-approved dollars$269K
Intake IHP dollars$3.1M
Validated phase 2 dollars$3.1M
Tracked registrations584
About this declaration

What DR-1817-WA means

DR-1817-WA is a FEMA disaster declaration that affected Pierce 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 Pierce County disaster history page, which shows all declarations, the dominant hazard pattern, decade-by-decade trends, and flood insurance context for the county.