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Alabama State Hazard Mitigation Plan State of Alabama Alabama State Hazard Mitigation Plan State of Alabama July 18th, 2018 Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS I TABLE OF TABLES V TABLE OF FIGURES VIII EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1 BACKGROUND 1 ORGANIZATION OF THE PLAN 2 HIGHLIGHTS OF THE PLAN 3 APPROVAL AND ADOPTION 3 THE PLANNING PROCESS 3 CURRENT AND FUTURE CONDITIONS 4 RISK ASSESSMENT 4 CAPABILITY ASSESSMENT 4 MITIGATION STRATEGY 5 PLAN MAINTENANCE 5 PLAN APPROVAL, ADOPTION, AND ASSURANCES 7 PLAN APPROVAL AND ADOPTION PROCESS 7 BACKGROUND 7 AEMA REVIEW AND APPROVAL 7 FORMAL ADOPTION DOCUMENTS 7 ASSURANCES 7 1. THE PLANNING PROCESS 8 1.1 REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PLANNING PROCESS 8 1.2 DESCRIPTION OF THE PLANNING PROCESS 9 1.2.1 HOW THE PLAN WAS PREPARED AND UPDATED 9 1.2.2 WHO WAS INVOLVED IN THE PLANNING PROCESS 13 1.2.3 HOW OTHER AGENCIES PARTICIPATED IN THE PLANNING PROCESS 23 1.2.4 AGENCY COORDINATION DURING DEVELOPMENT OF 2018 STATE HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN 25 Alabama State Hazard Mitigation Plan State of Alabama Page i 1.3 COORDINATING LOCAL PLANNING 28 1.3.1 PROCESS FOR REVIEWING, COORDINATING AND LINKING THE STATE AND LOCAL PLANS 28 1.3.2 REVIEW AND INCORPORATION OF LOCAL PLAN INFORMATION INTO THE STATE PLAN UPDATE 29 1.3.3 FUTURE LOCAL PLAN REVIEW AND INCORPORATION 32 1.4 SUMMARY OF REVIEW, ANALYSIS, AND UPDATE OF EACH SECTION 33 2 ALABAMA CURRENT AND FUTURE CONDITIONS 39 2.1 CURRENT CONDITIONS 39 2.1.1 DEMOGRAPHICS 39 2.1.2 ECONOMY & INFRASTRUCTURE 44 2.1.3 NATURAL ENVIRONMENT 47 2.2 FUTURE CONDITIONS 53 2.2.1 POPULATION TRENDS 53 2.2.2 LAND USE TRENDS 57 3 RISK ASSESSMENT 58 3.1 OVERVIEW 58 3.1.1 IDENTIFIED HAZARDS 59 3.1.2 RANKING METHODOLOGY 64 3.1.3 HAZARDS PROFILED IN COUNTY PLANS 67 3.2 HAZARD PROFILES 69 3.2.1 DAM FAILURE 69 3.2.2 DROUGHT 76 3.2.3 EARTHQUAKES 89 3.2.4 EXTREME TEMPERATURES 103 3.2.5 FLOODING 114 3.2.6 HAIL 129 3.2.7 HIGH WINDS 137 3.2.8 LANDSLIDES 160 3.2.9 LIGHTNING 170 3.2.10 SEA LEVEL RISE AND COASTAL LAND CHANGE 179 3.2.11 SINKHOLES AND LAND SUBSIDENCE 193 3.2.12 TSUNAMIS 201 3.2.13 WILDFIRE 204 3.2.14 WINTER STORMS 218 3.3 VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT & LOSS ESTIMATION 225 3.3.1 METHODOLOGY 225 3.3.2 EARTHQUAKES 228 3.3.3 FLOODING 235 3.3.4 HIGH WINDS 249 Alabama State Hazard Mitigation Plan State of Alabama Page ii 3.3.5 SEA LEVEL RISE AND COASTAL LAND CHANGE 258 3.4 IMPACTS OF DEVELOPMENT TRENDS ON VULNERABILITY 260 3.4.1 POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT TRENDS 260 3.4.2 INTERSECTIONS BETWEEN HIGH GROWTH AREAS AND HIGH-RISK AREAS 261 4 CAPABILITY ASSESSMENT 268 4.1 EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACCREDITATION PROGRAM (EMAP) ASSESSMENT 268 4.2 LAWS, REGULATIONS, POLICIES, AND PROGRAMS FOR PRE- AND POST- DISASTER HAZARD MANAGEMENT 269 4.2.1 LAWS 269 4.2.2 REGULATIONS 271 4.2.3 POLICIES 272 4.2.4 PROGRAMS 276 4.3 FUNDING CAPABILITIES FOR HAZARD MITIGATION PROJECTS 287 4.3.1 GRANT ADMINISTRATION 287 4.3.2 FEMA FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES 288 4.3.3 OTHER FEDERAL FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES 292 4.4 LOCAL MITIGATION POLICIES, PROGRAMS, AND CAPABILITIES 296 4.4.1 LOCAL MITIGATION POLICIES 297 4.4.2 LOCAL MITIGATION PROGRAMS AND CAPABILITIES 297 4.5 INTEGRATION INTO OTHER ONGOING STATE PLANNING EFFORTS 302 4.5.1 ONGOING STATE PLANNING EFFORTS AND INTEGRATION PROCESS 302 4.5.2 POTENTIAL IMPROVEMENTS 305 4.5.3 COMPLETED IMPROVEMENTS 306 4.6 INTEGRATION INTO OTHER FEMA MITIGATION PROGRAMS AND INITIATIVES 307 4.6.1 SUMMARY 307 4.6.2 LIST OF ONGOING FEMA MITIGATION PROGRAMS AND INITIATIVES 308 4.6.3 INTEGRATION PROCESS AND POTENTIAL IMPROVEMENTS 309 5 MITIGATION STRATEGY 312 5.1 STATE MITIGATION STRATEGY 312 5.1.1 MITIGATION GOALS 312 5.1.2 MITIGATION ACTION PLAN 315 5.1.3 STRATEGY FOR MITIGATING REPETITIVE LOSS AND SEVERE REPETITIVE LOSS PROPERTIES 350 5.2 PRIORITIZATION OF FUNDING 352 5.2.1 JURISDICTIONS WITH HIGHEST RISK 353 5.2.2 REPETITIVE LOSS PROPERTIES 358 5.2.3 MOST INTENSE DEVELOPMENT PRESSURE 358 Alabama State Hazard Mitigation Plan State of Alabama Page iii 5.2.4 MAXIMIZING BENEFITS ACCORDING TO BENEFIT-COST REVIEW OF LOCAL PROJECTS 359 5.3 MITIGATION SUCCESSES 359 5.3.1 MITIGATING RL AND SRL PROPERTIES 362 5.3.2 SUCCESS STORIES 362 6 PLAN MAINTENANCE 366 6.1 METHOD FOR MONITORING, EVALUATING AND UPDATING THE PLAN 366 6.1.1 BACKGROUND 366 6.1.2 METHOD FOR MONITORING THE PLAN 366 6.1.3 SYSTEM FOR EVALUATING THE PLAN 366 6.1.4 SYSTEM FOR UPDATING THE PLAN 367 6.2 SYSTEM FOR MONITORING MITIGATION MEASURES AND PROJECT CLOSEOUTS 368 6.2.1 MONITORING MITIGATION MEASURES 368 6.2.2 MONITORING PROJECT CLOSEOUTS 369 6.3 SYSTEM FOR REVIEWING PROGRESS ON ACHIEVING GOALS 369 6.4 SYSTEM FOR REVIEWING PROGRESS ON ACTIVITIES AND PROJECTS IN THE STATE MITIGATION STRATEGY 369 A. APPROVAL AND IMPLEMENTATION 371 B. GLOSSARY OF ACRONYMS AND TERMS 372 C. COORDINATION OF LOCAL PLANNING 377 CFR REQUIREMENTS FOR COORDINATION OF LOCAL MITIGATION PLANNING 377 DEVELOPMENT AND UPDATE OF LOCAL MITIGATION PLANS 377 DEVELOPMENT OF LOCAL HAZARD MITIGATION PLANS 378 LOCAL PLAN STATUS 380 TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR LOCAL HAZARD MITIGATION PLANS 384 FUNDING FOR LOCAL HAZARD MITIGATION PROJECTS AND PLANNING 385 BARRIERS TO UPDATING, ADOPTING, AND IMPLEMENTING LOCAL HAZARD MITIGATION PLANS 391 LOCAL CAPABILITY TABLE 392 D. COMMENTS RECEIVED FROM SHMT AND FEMA 416 E. PLANNING PROCESS DOCUMENTS 420 F. RECORD OF CHANGES 421 Alabama State Hazard Mitigation Plan State of Alabama Page iv G. HAZARD MITIGATION GRANT PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS 422 H. UPDATES TO THE 2013 MITIGATION ACTION PLAN 425 I. STATE OF ALABAMA OFFICE OF WATER RESOURCES RISK MAP PROGRAM BUSINESS PLAN 469 Alabama State Hazard Mitigation Plan State of Alabama Page v Table of Tables Table 1.1 Summary of Agencies or Groups Represented at SHMT Meetings 16 Table 1.2 County Participation in SHMT Meetings 20 Table 1.3 Data Sources per Hazard 26 Table 1.4 Review of County Plan Goals Against State Plan Goals 30 Table 3.1 Federal Disaster Declarations in Alabama (Through January 8, 2018) 62 Table 3.2 Summary of Risk Factor approach 66 Table 3.3 Qualitative Ranking for Identified Hazards 67 Table 3.4 Summary of County Hazard Mitigation Plans 68 Table 3.5 Dam Hazard Classifications (FEMA, 2004) 71 Table 3.6 Historical Dam Failure Events (ASDSO and ASCE, 2017) 74 Table 3.7 Types of Drought 77 Table 3.8 Palmer Drought Severity Index (PDSI) Classifications 78 Table 3.9 US Drought Monitor Classifications 79 Table 3.10 Indemnity Payments for Losses Suffered from Drought in Alabama 84 Table 3.11 Relationship Between Measures of Magnitude, Felt Intensity, and Instrumental Intensity 90 Table 3.12 Historical Earthquakes in Alabama that Produced Structural Damage (1916 – 2017) 97 Table 3.13 Heat Index and Disorders (FEMA, 1997; NWS, 1997) 104 Table 3.14 Average Annual Number of Extreme Heat Days (SERCC, 2018) 106 Table 3.15 Average Annual Number of Extreme Cold Days (SERCC, 2018) 107 Table 3.16 Recorded Excessive Heat Events in Alabama (NOAA, 2018) 108 Table 3.17 Recorded Extreme Cold Events in Alabama (NOAA, 2018) 109 Table 3.18 Flood Types (NWS, 2016) 114 Table 3.19 NFIP Flood Zones 116 Table 3.20 Reported Flood Events by County, 1996-2017 (NWS, 2017) 117 Table 3.21 Alabama Flood History, 1996-2017 (NWS, 2017) 123 Table 3.22 TORRO Hail Intensity Scale 130 Table 3.23 Historical Hail Storms in Alabama with Significant Economic Damage (1955 – 2017) 133 Table 3.24 Enhanced Fujita (EF) Scale for Tornado Magnitude (NWS, 2018) 138 Table 3.25 Saffir-Simpson Scale for Hurricane Magnitude (NWS, 2018) 140 Table 3.26 Historical Tornado Events in Alabama (NWS, 2017) 148 Table 3.27 Historical Hurricane Events in Alabama (NWS, 2017) 153 Table 3.28 Landslide Types 160 Alabama State Hazard Mitigation Plan State of Alabama Page vi Table 3.29 Landslide History in Alabama 166 Table 3.30 Select Past Occurrences of Lightning Events in Alabama 175 Table 3.31 Causes of Vertical Land Movement in Coastal Environments 180 Table 3.32 US Communities Exposed to Chronic Inundation with Sea Level Rise (UCS, 2017) 183 Table 3.33 Probability of exceeding Global Mean Sea Level Rise scenarios in 2100 189 Table 3.34 Sea Level Rise Scenarios for Dauphin Island (in feet above 2000 level) (NOAA, 2017) 190 Table 3.35 Types of Land Subsidence 193 Table 3.36 Historical Sinkhole Events 198 Table 3.37 National Fire Danger Rating System (USFS) 205 Table 3.38 Wildfires in Alabama, 2009 to 2018 (Alabama Forestry Commission, 2018) 210 Table 3.39 Wildfire Size and Cause (USGS, 2018) 214 Table 3.40 Winter Storm Precipitation Types 218 Table 3.41 Local Warning Criteria for Winter Storms 219 Table 3.42 Historical Winter Storms with Damage Exceeding $1 million (1993 – 2017) 220 Table 3.43 State-Insured Facilities (DORM, 2018) 225 Table 3.44 Critical Infrastructure and Key Resources (ALEA, 2018) 226 Table 3.45 State-Insured Facilities Vulnerable to Earthquake Hazard 229 Table 3.46 Critical Infrastructure Vulnerable to Earthquake Hazard 229 Table 3.47 Potential Immediate Losses from Earthquake Hazards (AAL) 230 Table 3.48 Potential Business Interruption Losses from Earthquake Hazards (AAL) 232 Table 3.49 State-Insured Facilities Vulnerable to 1%-Annual-Chance Flood 235 Table 3.50 State-Insured Facilities Vulnerable to 0.2%-Annual-Chance Flood 236 Table 3.51 Critical Infrastructure Vulnerable to 1%-Annual-Chance Flood 236 Table 3.52 Critical Infrastructure Vulnerable to 1%-Annual-Chance Flood 237 Table 3.53 Summary of NFIP Severe Repetitive Loss Properties and Claims 243 Table 3.54 Potential Immediate Losses from Flood Hazards (1%-Annual-Chance Flood) 244 Table 3.55 Potential Business Interruption Losses from Flood Hazards (1%-Annual-Chance Flood) 245 Table 3.56 State-Insured Facilities Vulnerable to High Wind Hazard 249 Table
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