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DR-4517-WV affected Mercer County, West Virginia. This page rolls up the declaration record, assistance metrics, and public-assistance categories for that specific event.

Incident type
Biological
DR-4517-WV
Declared
Apr 3, 2020
DR
Public assistance
$141K
Project obligations
Registrations
180
Tracked households
Aid breakdown

What FEMA records show for this declaration

Public assistance

Emergency Protective Measures$141K
Total PA obligated$141K

Individual assistance

Owner-approved dollars$37K
Renter-approved dollars$944K
Intake IHP dollars$2.0M
Validated phase 2 dollars$2.0M
Tracked registrations180
About this declaration

What DR-4517-WV means

DR-4517-WV is a FEMA disaster declaration that affected Mercer County, West Virginia, with an incident window starting Jan 20, 2020 through May 11, 2023. The declaration type is "DR," categorized as biological.

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 Mercer County disaster history page, which shows all declarations, the dominant hazard pattern, decade-by-decade trends, and flood insurance context for the county.