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DR-47-CADRFlood

Flood

Major Disaster Declaration for California, declared Dec 23, 1955, statewide.

Individuals and Households ProgramIndividual AssistancePublic AssistanceHazard Mitigation
Declaration
DR-47-CA
Type
Major Disaster Declaration
State or territory
California
Incident type
Flood
Declared
Dec 23, 1955
Requested
Dec 23, 1955 · request 55018
Incident began
Dec 23, 1955
Incident ended
Dec 23, 1955
Incident period
1 day
Closed out
Aug 12, 1968
Fiscal year
1956
FEMA region
Region 9

Designated areas

The declaration covers the whole of California (statewide designation).

Other declarations for the same event

DeclaredNumberTitleHazardStateAreasPrograms
Dec 29, 1955 DR-49-OR Flood Flood ORstatewideIAPAHM
Dec 24, 1955 DR-48-NV Flood Flood NVstatewideIAPAHM