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RECORD SNOW AND NEAR RECORD SNOW

EM-3285-WI affected Dane County, Wisconsin. This page rolls up the declaration record, assistance metrics, and public-assistance categories for that specific event.

Incident type
Snowstorm
EM-3285-WI
Declared
Mar 19, 2008
EM
Public assistance
$1.9M
Project obligations
Registrations
0
Tracked households
Aid breakdown

What FEMA records show for this declaration

Public assistance

Emergency Protective Measures$1.7M
Section 324 Management Costs$182K
Direct Administrative Costs$-48K
Total PA obligated$1.9M

Individual assistance

Owner-approved dollars$0
Renter-approved dollars$0
Intake IHP dollars$0
Validated phase 2 dollars$0
Tracked registrations0
About this declaration

What EM-3285-WI means

EM-3285-WI is a FEMA disaster declaration that affected Dane County, Wisconsin, with an incident window starting Feb 5, 2008 through Feb 6, 2008. The declaration type is "EM," categorized as snowstorm.

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