Frio County, TX Office of Emergency Management Frio County 2018 Hazard Mitigation Plan State of Colorado Office of Emergency Managem Frio County Office of Emergency Management 101 N. Commerce St. Dilley, Texas 78017 DRAFT DRAFT – July 2018 Frio County HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN DRAFT JULY 2018 Prepared for: Frio County Office of Emergency Management 101 N. Commerce St. Dilley, Texas 78017 Frio County Hazard Mitigation Plan TABLE OF CONTENTS Executive Summary ............................................................................................................ ES-1 PART 1 PLAN ELEMENTS AND PARTICIPATING COMMUNITIES Introduction .....................................................................................................1-1 1.1 Why Prepare This Plan? ................................................................................................................... 1-1 1.1.1 The Big Picture ................................................................................................................... 1-1 1.1.2 Purposes for Planning ......................................................................................................... 1-1 1.1.3 Previous Participation ......................................................................................................... 1-2 1.2 Who Will Benefit From This Plan?.................................................................................................. 1-2 1.3 Local Mitigation Plan Review Tool ................................................................................................. 1-2 Plan Methodology ...........................................................................................2-1 2.1 Grant Funding .................................................................................................................................. 2-1 2.2 Establishment of the Planning Partnership ....................................................................................... 2-1 2.2.1 Steering Committee ............................................................................................................. 2-1 2.3 Defining the Planning Area .............................................................................................................. 2-2 2.4 The Steering Committee .................................................................................................................. 2-3 2.5 Coordination with Other Agencies ................................................................................................... 2-3 2.6 Review of Existing Programs ........................................................................................................... 2-4 2.7 Public Involvement .......................................................................................................................... 2-4 2.7.1 Stakeholders and the Steering Committee .......................................................................... 2-4 2.7.2 Survey/Questionnaire .......................................................................................................... 2-5 2.7.3 Meetings .............................................................................................................................. 2-6 2.7.4 Press Releases/News Articles ............................................................................................. 2-7 2.8 Plan Development, Chronology, Milestones .................................................................................... 2-9 Frio County Profile ..........................................................................................3-1 3.1 Geographic Overview ...................................................................................................................... 3-1 3.2 Historical Overview ......................................................................................................................... 3-2 3.3 Major Past Hazard Events ................................................................................................................ 3-3 3.4 Climate ............................................................................................................................................. 3-4 3.5 Geology and Soils ............................................................................................................................ 3-5 3.6 Critical Facilities and Infrastructure ................................................................................................. 3-6 3.7 Demographics .................................................................................................................................. 3-9 3.7.1 Population ......................................................................................................................... 3-10 3.7.2 Age Distribution ................................................................................................................ 3-11 3.7.3 Disabled Populations ......................................................................................................... 3-12 3.7.4 Ethnic Populations ............................................................................................................ 3-12 3.8 Economy ........................................................................................................................................ 3-13 3.8.1 Income ............................................................................................................................... 3-13 3.8.2 Employment Trends .......................................................................................................... 3-14 3.8.3 Occupations and Industries ............................................................................................... 3-14 3.9 Land Use and Development Trends ............................................................................................... 3-15 3.9.1 Frio County ....................................................................................................................... 3-16 3.9.2 City of Dilley .................................................................................................................... 3-16 i TABLE OF CONTENTS 3.9.3 City of Pearsall .................................................................................................................. 3-17 3.10 Laws and Ordinances ..................................................................................................................... 3-17 3.10.1 Federal ............................................................................................................................... 3-18 3.10.2 State and Regional............................................................................................................. 3-19 3.10.3 Frio County ....................................................................................................................... 3-21 3.10.4 City of Dilley .................................................................................................................... 3-22 3.10.5 City of Pearsall .................................................................................................................. 3-22 Hazard Mitigation Capabilities Assessment .................................................4-1 4.1 Frio County ...................................................................................................................................... 4-1 4.1.1 Legal and Regulatory Capabilities ...................................................................................... 4-1 4.1.2 Administrative and Technical Capabilities ......................................................................... 4-1 4.1.3 Financial Capabilities .......................................................................................................... 4-2 4.2 City of Dilley.................................................................................................................................... 4-2 4.2.1 Legal and Regulatory Capabilities ...................................................................................... 4-2 4.2.2 Administrative and Technical Capabilities ......................................................................... 4-3 4.2.3 Financial Capabilities .......................................................................................................... 4-4 4.3 City of Pearsall ................................................................................................................................. 4-4 4.3.1 Legal and Regulatory Capabilities ...................................................................................... 4-4 4.3.2 Administrative and Technical Capabilities ......................................................................... 4-5 4.3.3 Financial Capabilities .......................................................................................................... 4-5 PART 2 RISK ASSESSMENT Identified Hazards of Concern and Risk Assessment Methodology ...........5-1 5.1 Identified Hazards of Concern ......................................................................................................... 5-1 5.2 Climate Change ................................................................................................................................ 5-2 5.3 Methodology .................................................................................................................................... 5-2 5.4 Risk Assessment