Town of Pembroke, NH Hazard Mitigation Plan Update 2017

-For Board of Selectmen Adoption- 01-17-17 Please adopt without amendments or we will need to resubmit to FEMA to receive another APA. All highlights & dates will be completed as the process moves forward to FEMA’s Formal Approval of the Plan. Changes can be made to the Plan during its annual update (see Chapter 9). Town of Pembroke New Hampshire Pembroke Dam (High Hazard Class) in Suncook Village at Main Street Mother’s Day Flood May 2006 Photo from Concord Monitor website Adopted by the Pembroke Board of Selectmen January 17, 2017 FEMA Approved [date], 2017 Town of Pembroke New Hampshire Hazard Mitigation Plan Update 2017 Adopted January 17, 2017 FEMA Approved ____, 2017 Town of Pembroke 311 Pembroke Street Pembroke, NH 03275 Phone: (603) 485-4747 Fire Department Phone: (603) 485-3621 Web: www.pembroke-nh.com Central NH Regional Planning Commission 28 Commercial Street, Suite 3 Concord, NH 03301 Phone: (603) 226-6020 Web: www.cnhrpc.org NH Department of Safety NH Homeland Security and Emergency Management 33 Hazen Drive Concord, NH 03305 (Mailing Address) Incident Planning and Operations Center 110 Smokey Bear Blvd Concord, NH 03301 (Physical Address) Phone: (800) 852-3792 or (603) 271-2231 Web: www.nh.gov/safety/divisions/hsem US Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency 99 High Street, Sixth Floor Boston, Massachusetts 02110 Phone: (617) 223-9540 Web: www.fema.gov TABLE OF CONTENTS Table of Contents 1 PLANNING PROCESS ................................................................................................................ 1 Certificate of Adoption, 2017 ................................................................................................................. 1 Plan Process Acknowledgements ........................................................................................................... 3 Authority................................................................................................................................................. 4 Methodology .......................................................................................................................................... 5 2 COMMUNITY PROFILE .............................................................................................................. 9 Geographic Context ................................................................................................................................ 9 Population and Housing Growth .......................................................................................................... 12 Land Use and Zoning ............................................................................................................................ 14 3 GOALS AND OBJECTIVES ......................................................................................................... 16 What are Goals, Objectives and Actions .............................................................................................. 16 Overall Hazard Mitigation Plan Goals ................................................................................................... 17 General Hazard Mitigation Objectives ................................................................................................. 17 4 HAZARD RISK ASSESSMENT .................................................................................................. 19 Hazard Risk Assessment Ratings .......................................................................................................... 20 Central NH Region Major Disaster Declarations, 1973-2016 ............................................................... 28 Recent Disaster Events Summary ......................................................................................................... 30 Local Climate Changes and Extreme Weather ..................................................................................... 45 Detailed Hazard Events in Pembroke .................................................................................................. 52 Existing and Potential Future Hazards .................................................................................................. 99 Pembroke’s Built Environment Changes Since the 2010 Plan ........................................................... 107 5 COMMUNITY VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT AND LOSS ESTIMATION .......................... 111 Critical Facilities .................................................................................................................................. 112 Community Facilities .......................................................................................................................... 115 Potential Losses from Natural Disasters............................................................................................. 117 National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) .......................................................................................... 124 6 CAPABILITY ASSESSMENT ................................................................................................... 128 Town Capabilities ............................................................................................................................... 129 Review of Existing Plans ..................................................................................................................... 142 Page i For Board of Selectmen Adoption 01-17-17 TABLE OF CONTENTS 7 POTENTIAL ACTION EVALUATION ...................................................................................... 143 Action Status Determination .............................................................................................................. 144 Review of 2010 Actions ...................................................................................................................... 145 New Actions from Community Vulnerability and Capability Assessments ........................................ 148 Potential Action Evaluation ................................................................................................................ 149 Natural Hazards Evaluated for Which Specific Actions Were Not Identified ..................................... 153 8 MITIGATION ACTION PLAN ................................................................................................. 154 Pembroke’s Mitigation Action Plan 2017 ........................................................................................... 154 Action Evaluation and Prioritization Methods ................................................................................... 159 9 ANNUAL IMPLEMENTATION AND EVALUATION .............................................................. 162 Annual Monitoring and Update of the Mitigation Action Plan .......................................................... 162 Tasks of the Plan Update .................................................................................................................... 165 Implementing the Plan through Existing Programs ............................................................................ 167 Continued Public Involvement ........................................................................................................... 171 Implementation and Evaluation of the Plan ...................................................................................... 172 10 APPENDICES ........................................................................................................................ 174 A Critical and Community Facility Vulnerability Assessment ............................................. A-1 B Annual Interim Plan Evaluation and Implementation Worksheets ............................... B-1 C Meeting Information ................................................................................................................ C-1 D Plan Approval Documentation .............................................................................................. D-1 E Suncook River Fluvial Geomorphic Assessment (FGA) 2015 ............................................ E-1 F Soucook River Fluvial Geomorphic Assessment (FGA) 2015 ............................................ F-1 11 MAPS .................................................................................................................................... 175 Plan Update 2017 Maps ..........................................................................................................175 Map 1 - Potential Hazards ................................................................................. 11x17 folded at the end Map 2 - Past Hazards ......................................................................................... 11x17 folded at the end Map 3 - Assets and Risks ................................................................................... 11x17 folded at the end Map 4 - Potential Hazards and Losses ............................................................... 11x17 folded at the end Page ii For Board of Selectmen Adoption 01-17-17 TABLE OF CONTENTS Fluvial Geomorphic Assessment 2015 Maps ........................................................................176 Map 5A – Suncook River Fluvial Geomorphology Features West ..................... 11x17 folded at the end Map 5B - Suncook River Fluvial Geomorphology Features Center ................... 11x17 folded at the end Map 5C - Suncook River Fluvial Geomorphology Features East........................ 11x17 folded at the end

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