FEMA Public Assistance · South Dakota

Whetstone Valley Electric Cooperative

Electric distribution cooperative · South Dakota

Total federal obligated
$2,099,952
Federal share of eligible costs across 6 declared storm disasters, 2005–2023.
Disaster events
6
Total projects
25
Avg / disaster
$350K
Avg / project
$84K
Incident types on record
Severe StormWinter Storm
Declared disaster years · 2005–2023
2005
2010
2013
2017
2022
2023
Storm disasters · federal dollars obligated
DeclaredDisasterProjectsFederal obligated
Feb 2023DR-4689 Severe Winter Storms and Snowstorm3$51,986
Jun 2022DR-4656 Severe Storm, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding2$41,150
Feb 2017DR-4298 Severe Winter Storm5$466,076
Aug 2013DR-4137 Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding1$11,476
Mar 2010DR-1887 Severe Winter Storm13$447,485
Dec 2005DR-1620 Severe Winter Storm1$1,081,778
Total · 6 disasters25$2,099,952

Whetstone Valley Electric Cooperative is an electric distribution cooperative in South Dakota. Across 6 federally declared storm disasters between 2005 and 2023, FEMA has obligated $2,099,952 in Public Assistance funding toward 25 recovery projects — an average of $350K per event. The incident types on record are severe storm, winter storm.

Every one of those dollars began as field documentation — GPS-tagged damage, force-account labor and equipment logs, and photo evidence assembled into FEMA Project Worksheets. When that capture is rushed or incomplete, eligible costs go unclaimed. CoopRecover is built by someone who has assembled this documentation for large federally declared events: field crews photograph and evidence-grade damage on any device, costs roll up live against estimated eligible dollars, and PA-ready packages export mapped to your own templates. When the next storm hits South Dakota, Whetstone Valley Electric Cooperative can capture more of what it's owed.

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Figures reflect FEMA Public Assistance funded-projects data (OpenFEMA), pulled from OpenFEMA October 6, 2026. Federal obligated is the federal share of eligible costs, not total project cost. CoopTools is not affiliated with FEMA or Whetstone Valley Electric Cooperative. ← Back to all cooperatives