OGLALA SIOUX TRIBE AND OGLALA LAKOTA COUNTY HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN JUNE 2019 PLAN PREPARED BY JEO CONSULTING GROUP HAZARD MITIGATION PLANNING TEAM NAME TITLE Alva Good Crow --------------------------------- Porcupine Service Center Beth Perkins -------------------------------------- IHS Pine Ridge Hospital Public Health Nursing Director Darla Black ---------------------------------------- Oglala Lakota Nation Vice-President Delores George Pourier ------------------------ Oglala Lakota Nation Health Administration Donavan Steele ---------------------------------- Support Services Program Director Ed Silver ------------------------------------------- IHS Pine Ridge Hospital IT Supervisor Frank Maynard ----------------------------------- Oglala Lakota County, Fall River County Emergency Manager Frank Means -------------------------------------- Kyle Rural Water Hopa Haas ---------------------------------------- Indian Health Services Jackie Siers --------------------------------------- Wakpamni District Council Representative James Red Willow ------------------------------- Oglala Lakota Nation 5th Member Jeff Siscoe----------------------------------------- Bennett County Emergency Manager Jesse Big Crow ---------------------------------- OST District Emergency Management-Planning and Coordinating Specialist Jim Meeks ----------------------------------------- Eagle Nest District Council Representative Jim Poppen --------------------------------------- South Dakota State Hazard Mitigation Officer John Long ----------------------------------------- BIA Pine Ridge Agency Superintendent John Whirlwind Horse -------------------------- Support Services Liaison Tribal Education Department Jon Siedschlaw ---------------------------------- OST Emergency Management Deputy Director Karin Eagle ---------------------------------------- Oglala Lakota Nation Media Relations Kyle White ----------------------------------------- Natural & Water Resources Lester Richards ---------------------------------- OST EPP Director Lyla Hutchinson ---------------------------------- County Commissioner Lynx Bettelyoun ---------------------------------- OST Highway Superintendent Maretta Champagne ---------------------------- Pine Ridge Long Term Recovery Team Outreach Coordinator Mary Tobacco ------------------------------------ OST Planning Wakpamni District Melanie Two Eagle ------------------------------ Porcupine Service Center Robert Ecoffey ----------------------------------- Chief of Police Robert Lafferty ----------------------------------- Oglala Lakota Nation Hazard Mitigation Robert Pille ---------------------------------------- Water & Sewer Rodney Rouillard -------------------------------- OST Road Maintenance Shawn Swallow ---------------------------------- OST Natural Resources Shelby Ross -------------------------------------- OST Natural Resources Porcupine District Stacey Martin ------------------------------------- Fall River County GIS Stephen Pourier ---------------------------------- Utilities Director Steve Wilson, Sr. -------------------------------- OST Emergency Manager Stevie Lone Dog --------------------------------- Oglala Lakota Nation Thomas Brings ----------------------------------- OST Natural Resources Troy Fergusen ------------------------------------ E-911 and GIS Valentina Merdanian ---------------------------- Oglala County Representative Vince Martin --------------------------------------- Oglala Sioux Lakota Housing Wendell yellow bull ------------------------------ County Commissioner William Hillman ----------------------------------- Water & Sewer *Becky Appleford -------------------------------- JEO Consulting Group *Brooke Welsh ----------------------------------- JEO Consulting Group *Ellana Haakenstad -----------------------------JEO Consulting Group *Jeff Henson -------------------------------------- JEO Consulting Group *Served as an advisory or consultant role Oglala Sioux Tribe Hazard Mitigation Plan | 2019 I TABLE OF CONTENTS HAZARD MITIGATION PLANNING TEAM ................................................................................ I LIST OF FIGURES ...................................................................................................................... V LIST OF TABLES ....................................................................................................................... VI LIST OF ACRONYMS ................................................................................................................. IX EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .......................................................................................................... XI INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................................................... XI GOALS AND OBJECTIVES ......................................................................................................... XIII SUMMARY OF CHANGES .......................................................................................................... XIV PLAN IMPLEMENTATION ............................................................................................................ XV HAZARD PROFILES ................................................................................................................. XVI HAZARDS SUMMARY ............................................................................................................. XVIII DROUGHT ............................................................................................................................ XVIII HAIL .................................................................................................................................... XVIII SEVERE WINTER STORMS ..................................................................................................... XVIII TORNADOES ......................................................................................................................... XVIII SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ..................................................................................................... XIX MITIGATION STRATEGIES ........................................................................................................ XIX SECTION ONE INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................. 1 HAZARD MITIGATION PLANNING ................................................................................................. 1 DISASTER MITIGATION ACT OF 2000 .......................................................................................... 1 HAZARD MITIGATION ASSISTANCE ............................................................................................. 2 PLAN FINANCING AND PREPARATION ......................................................................................... 3 SECTION TWO PLANNING PROCESS .................................................................................... 5 INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................................................... 5 MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL APPROACH ........................................................................................... 5 HAZARD MITIGATION PLANNING PROCESS ................................................................................. 6 ORGANIZATION OF RESOURCES ................................................................................................ 7 PLAN UPDATE PROCESS ........................................................................................................... 7 PLANNING TEAM AND INVOLVEMENT .......................................................................................... 8 PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT ..............................................................................................................10 NEIGHBORING JURISDICTIONS ..................................................................................................10 OUTREACH ..............................................................................................................................11 ASSESSMENT OF RISK .............................................................................................................11 HAZARD IDENTIFICATION ..........................................................................................................11 MITIGATION PLAN DEVELOPMENT .............................................................................................13 MITIGATION STRATEGIES .........................................................................................................13 DATA SOURCES AND INFORMATION...........................................................................................14 PUBLIC REVIEW .......................................................................................................................16 PLAN ADOPTION ......................................................................................................................16 PLAN IMPLEMENTATION AND PROGRESS MONITORING ...............................................................16 SECTION THREE PLANNING AREA PROFILE ......................................................................17 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................17 PLANNING AREA GEOGRAPHIC SUMMARY .................................................................................17 CLIMATE .................................................................................................................................17