Severe Winter Storm and Record and Near Record Snow
Declared for South Dakota on Dec 12, 2008, covering 17 designated areas. Households could apply to FEMA in 0 of them.
How this declaration unfolded
The incident period is the official window of the disaster. Damage generally has to fall inside it to qualify for FEMA help, and FEMA sometimes extends it, or adds counties and programs, as damage assessments come in.
What a major disaster declaration is
A major disaster declaration is the President's broadest disaster declaration. It is the only kind that can switch on the full set of FEMA programs, including help for individual households, rebuilding of public facilities and hazard mitigation. Which of those programs apply is decided area by area.
Which programs each area got
IA means households could apply to FEMA. PA reimburses local governments. HM funds mitigation projects.
| Area | Programs | Households could apply until |
|---|---|---|
| Bennett County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Butte County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Corson County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Dewey County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Haakon County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Harding County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Jackson County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Meade County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Mellette County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Perkins County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Todd County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Ziebach County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Cheyenne River Indian Reservation | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Oglala Lakota (County) | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Oglala Sioux Tribe of the Pine Ridge Reservation | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Rosebud Indian Reservation | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of North & South Dakota | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
Same event, other declarations
| Declared | Declaration | Where | Households can apply? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 2009 | Severe Winter Storm and Record and Near Record SnowDR-1825-WA · Major disaster | Washington | No |
More from South Dakota: every FEMA declaration in South Dakota.