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Draft JO DAVIESS COUNTY Multi-Jurisdictional All Hazards Mitigation Plan PARTICIPANTS Apple Canyon Lake Hanover, Village of Apple River, Village of Jo Daviess County East Dubuque, City of Scales Mound, Village of Elizabeth, City of Stockton, Village of Galena, City of Warren, Village of The Galena Territory MARCH 2013 The five year update of this Plan must be completed on or before (date). Jo Daviess County Multi-Jurisdictional All Hazards Mitigation Plan ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Developing the first All Hazards Mitigation Plan for Jo Daviess County and the participating jurisdictions involved a considerable amount of input from many people. All of these contributions have helped to make this Plan the definitive source of information on hazards, their impacts, and various options to eliminate or reduce these impacts on current and future generations. Information from various government sources has been supplemented by weather data and photographs from personal collections. The Jo Daviess County Multi-Jurisdictional All Hazards Mitigation Planning Committee included residents who live throughout the County. Their knowledge of the devastation caused by severe weather coupled with their commitment to protecting the lives, property, and welfare of Jo Daviess County residents were important ingredients needed to develop this Plan. The Jo Daviess County Local Emergency Planning Committee was active in helping to initiate and sustain the planning process. Ron Data, Chuck Pedersen, and Steve Silberman represented the LEPC throughout the planning process as did other LEPC members including Peg Murphy and Matt Calvert from the Jo Daviess County Public Health Department; long-time Jo Daviess County Emergency Management Director Colin Fulrath; Jo Daviess County Sheriff Kevin Turner; Scott Allshouse of the Northwest Illinois Chapter of the American Red Cross; Susan Coers, IEMA Region 2 Regional Coordinator; Jo Daviess County Highway Engineer Steve Keeffer; and Annette McLane, Jo Daviess County Farm Bureau Manager. Historic photographs emphasize that storm damages are not a recent phenomenon but can be difficult to find. Fortunately an array of historic photographs from the Galena and East Dubuque area were acquired for use in this Plan by Craig Albaugh, Facilities Manager for the City of Galena and Tom Lange, Assistant Chief of the East Dubuque Fire Department and Interim Director of the Jo Daviess County Emergency Management Agency. Historic flood information, news articles, and additional photographs were provided by Madelynn Wilharm of The Galena Territory. Information to assemble this Plan also came from outside the County. Larry Acker and his family have kept the only source of continuous weather records in Northwest Illinois since 1883. Larry’s great grandfather, William Edwin Acker, started keeping records when the Acker Brothers began farming in Polo. Larry lives on this Centennial farm where weather information is supplied to the National Weather Service. Before him, Larry’s mother, Helen Johnston Acker, assisted in keeping weather records. The Acker site is the oldest continuous weather data site in Illinois that has not been moved to a different location. As this Plan is updated, we hope that future generations will continue to build on this document with information and photographs. Jo Daviess County Multi-Jurisdictional All Hazards Mitigation Plan JO DAVIESS COUNTY MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL ALL HAZARDS MITIGATION PLAN JO DAVIESS COUNTY, ILLINOIS TABLE OF CONTENTS 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 PARTICIPATING JURISDICTIONS ................................................................................ 1-2 1.2 DEMOGRAPHICS ....................................................................................................... 1-2 1.3 LAND USE AND DEVELOPMENT TRENDS .................................................................. 1-5 2.0 PLANNING PROCESS 2.1 PLANNING COMMITTEE ............................................................................................ 2-2 2.2 PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT ............................................................................................. 2-5 2.3 PARTICIPATION OPPORTUNITIES FOR INTERESTED PARTIES ..................................... 2-8 2.4 INCORPORATING EXISTING PLANNING DOCUMENTS ................................................ 2-9 3.0 RISK ASSESSMENT 3.1 SEVERE STORMS (THUNDERSTORMS, HAIL, LIGHTNING & HEAVY RAIN) ................ 3-2 3.2 SEVERE WINTER STORMS (SNOW, ICE & EXTREME COLD) .................................... 3-40 3.3 FLOODS .................................................................................................................. 3-65 3.4 TORNADOES ......................................................................................................... 3-105 3.5 DROUGHT ............................................................................................................. 3-124 3.6 EXTREME HEAT .................................................................................................... 3-132 3.7 EARTHQUAKES ..................................................................................................... 3-138 3.8 DAMS ................................................................................................................... 3-149 3.9 MAN-MADE HAZARDS ......................................................................................... 3-155 3.9.1 Hazardous Substances .......................................................................... 3-155 3.9.1.1 Generation .......................................................................... 3-156 3.9.1.2 Transportation .................................................................... 3-156 3.9.2 Waste Disposal..................................................................................... 3-160 3.9.3 Hazardous Material Incidents .............................................................. 3-160 3.9.4 Waste Remediation .............................................................................. 3-162 3.9.5 Terrorism.............................................................................................. 3-163 4.0 MITIGATION STRATEGY 4.1 HAZARD MITIGATION GOALS ................................................................................... 4-1 4.2 IDENTIFYING, ANALYZING & PRIORITIZING MITIGATION ACTIONS .......................... 4-2 March 2013 Table of Contents i Jo Daviess County Multi-Jurisdictional All Hazards Mitigation Plan 4.2.1 Identification and Analysis ....................................................................... 4-2 4.2.2 Prioritization .............................................................................................. 4-3 4.3 IMPLEMENTING MITIGATION ACTIONS ..................................................................... 4-4 4.4 MITIGATION STRATEGY RESULTS ............................................................................ 4-4 5.0 RECOMMENDATIONS ................................................................................................. 5-1 6.0 PLAN MAINTENANCE 6.1 MONITORING, EVALUATING & UPDATING THE PLAN ............................................... 6-1 6.1.1 Monitoring and Evaluating the Plan ......................................................... 6-1 6.1.2 Updating the Plan ...................................................................................... 6-2 6.2 INCORPORATING THE MITIGATION STRATEGY INTO EXISTING ................................. 6-2 PLANNING MECHANISMS 6.3 CONTINUED PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT ......................................................................... 6-3 7.0 PLAN ADOPTION 7.1 PLAN ADOPTION PROCESS ........................................................................................ 7-1 8.0 REFERENCES ....................................................................................................................... 8-1 APPENDICES County Resolution Authorizing the Development of the Plan ..................................... APPENDIX A Planning Committee Meeting Attendance Sheets .......................................................... APPENDIX B Planning Committee Meeting Minutes .......................................................................... APPENDIX C Citizen Questionnaire and News Release ..................................................................... APPENDIX D Frequently Asked Questions Fact Sheet ........................................................................ APPENDIX E Media Outlets Serving Jo Daviess County and News Articles ..................................... APPENDIX F Public Forum – Planning Process Handout .................................................................. APPENDIX G Public Forum – Plan Comment Sheet ........................................................................... APPENDIX H Business Community Participation Packet ..................................................................... APPENDIX I Hazard Mitigation Planning Letter Sent to Adjacent Counties ...................................... APPENDIX J Historic Natural Hazard Events New Articles .............................................................. APPENDIX K Floodplain Maps for NFIP-Participating Municipalities ............................................... APPENDIX L Historic Flood Photographs .......................................................................................... APPENDIX M Plan Adoption Resolutions ........................................................................................... APPENDIX N LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1 Federal