MORROW COUNTY PRE-DISASTER MITIGATION PLAN This Natural Hazard Mitigation Plan was developed through a regional partnership funded by the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Pre-Disaster Mitigation Competitive Grant Program. The Mid-Columbia Region grant was awarded in the fall of 2005 to support the development of natural hazard mitigation plans for communities in the region. The County utilized a planning process, plan framework, and plan development support provided by the Oregon Natural Hazards Workgroup (ONHW) at the University of Oregon’s Community Service Center. u.s. Department of Homeland Security Region X 130 228th Street, SW Bothell, WA 98021-9796 FEMA December 15,2006 Honorable Terry Tallman, Chair Honorable John Wenholz Honorable Ray Grace Morrow County Board ofCommissioners P.O. Box 788 Heppner, Oregon 97836 Dear Commissioners Tallman, Wenholz, and Grace: The U.S. Department ofHomeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has approved the Morrow County Natural Hazards Mitigation Plan as a multi-jurisdictional local plan as outlined in 44 CFR Part 201. With approval ofthis plan, the following entities are now eligible to apply for the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Reliefand Emergency Assistance Act's hazard mitigation project grants through December 15,2011: Morrow County City oflone City of Boardman City of Irrigon City ofHeppner City ofLexington The plan's approval provides eligibility to apply for hazard mitigation projects through your state. Grant applications will be evaluated individually according to the specific eligibility and other requirements ofthe particular hazard mitigation grant program. For example, a mitigation project identified in the approved plan mayor may not meet the eligibility requirements for Hazard Mitigation Grant Program funding. Over the next five years, we encourage your communities to follow the plan's schedule for monitoring and updating the plan, and develop further mitigation actions. Th~ plan must be reviewed, revised as appropriate, and resubmitted for approval within five years in order to continue project grant eligibility. Ifyou have questions regarding your plan's approval or FEMA's mitigation grant programs, please contact our state counterpart, Oregon Emergency Management, who coordinates and administers these efforts for local entities. Carl L. Cook, Jr., Director Mitigation Division cc: Dennis Sigrist, OEM Enclosure www.fema.gov MORROW COUNTY PRE-DISASTER MITIGATION PLAN TABLE OF CONTENTS THE PLAN SECTION 1 – INTRODUCTION SECTION 2 – COMMUNITY PROFILE SECTION 3 – RISK ASSESSMENT SUMMARY SECTION 4 – MISSION, GOALS AND ACTION ITEMS SECTION 5 – PLAN IMPLEMENTATION AND MAINTENANCE ANNEXES DROUGHT EARTHQUAKE FLOOD LANDSLIDE VOLCANO WILDFIRE WIND STORM WINTER STORM CITY ANNEXES BOARDMAN HEPPNER IONE IRRIGON LEXINGTON APPENDICES A – RESOURCE DIRECTORY B – PLANNING AND PUBLIC PROCESS C – HOUSEHOLD NATURAL HAZARDS PREPARENDESS SURVEY D – ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF NATURAL HAZARD MITIGATION PROJECTS E – EXISTING PLANS, POLICIES, AND PROGRAMS IN MORROW COUNTY F – TOOLS G – LIST OF ACRONYMS H – REGIONAL ECONOMIC AND TRANSPORTATION STUDY I – ACTION ITEMS J – MAPS List of PDMP documents not in electronic form. Morrow County Resolution R-23-2006 Adoption Resolution THE PLAN Section 1 – none Section 2 – none Section 3 – none Section 4 – none Section 5 – none ANNEXES Drought – National Climatic Data Center, NOAA Satellite and Information Service, http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/2005/sep/st035dv08pcp20 0509.html Office of the Governor State of Oregon Executive Order NO. 05-05 Determination of a State of drought emergency in Crook, Gilliam, Hood River, Morrow, Sherman, and Umatilla counties due to drought and low water tables. Environmental Assessment Emergency Withdrawal for Irrigation, Willow Creek Lake Morrow County, Oregon Newspaper Article: East Oregonian, 5/15/2005: Parched soil, low crop yields nothing new in Morrow County Newspaper Article: East Oregonian, 4/09/2005: Drought declared for Umatilla, Morrow Counties Newspaper Article: East Oregonian, 6/30/2004: Census: Local Farmers Struggling Newspaper Article: East Oregonian, 12/23/2002: Morrow County Drought Hits Man, Beast Alike Earthquake - Map: DOGAMI 7/2006 Preliminary, Morrow County Ground Shake Amplification Map: DOGAMI 7/2006 Preliminary, Morrow County Relative Earthquake Induced Landslide Susceptibility Map: DOGAMI 7/2006 Preliminary, Morrow County Liquefaction Susceptibility Map: Selected Earthquakes for Oregon 1841 through 2002, DOGAMI, 2003 Newspaper Article: East Oregonian, 08/13/2006: Small Quakes Shake Northwest Newspaper Article: The Hermiston Herald, 04/13/2004: Is Another Major Quake Coming? Morrow County Emergency Management News Release, 3/24/1997: Earthquake reports sought in Morrow County Oregon State Police Emergency Management Division report of a 3.9 magnitude earthquake near Maupin, Oregon 3/21/1997 University of Washington Seismology Lab, Earthquake Notification Summary 03/21/1997 near Maupin, Oregon Oregon Emergency Response System advisory of an earthquake in the Pine City area: 02/13/1996 Newspaper Article: Heppner Gazette Times, 07/16/1936: Temblor Rocks Houses, Rattles Chinaware in Nocturnal Visit Flood - Morrow County Emergency Management website instructions. The website is: http://www.csepp.org The Heppner Flash Flood Emergency Plan as Amended May 23, 2006 Flood Hazards, from the website http://www.heppner.net/city/docs/1999plan.html Map: FEMA Preliminary Draft of the 100 and 500 year flood zones for the Boardman area Map: FEMA Preliminary Draft of the 100 and 500 year flood zones for the Heppner area Map: FEMA Preliminary Draft of the 100 and 500 year flood zones for Ione area Map: FEMA Preliminary Draft of the 100 and 500 year flood zones for the Irrigon area; Map: FEMA Preliminary Draft of the 100 and 500 year flood zones for the Lexington area; Graph: Morrow County Percent of City Area within the 100 year and 500 year Flood Zone; Executive Order EO-97-09: Determination of a State of Emergency in Coos, Curry, Douglas, Gilliam, Hood River, Marion, Lincoln, Linn, Morrow, Multnomah, Polk, Sherman, Tillamook, Umatilla, Wasco, Washington, Wheeler and Yamhill Counties due to heavy rains caused flooding, landslides and erosion throughout these counties: 01/24/1997 Newspaper Article: Tri-City Herald, 01/04/1997: Flood Losses Add Up While Rivers Recede Executive Order EO-96-13: Determination of a State of Emergency in Morrow County Due to Heavy Rains and Subsequent Flooding: 02/12/1996 Newspaper Article: East Oregonian, 05/26/1971: Flash Flood Roars Through Heppner Newspaper Article: Heppner Gazette, 06/18/1903: Days of Sorrow in Heppner Landslide – Map: DOGAMI Preliminary Compilation of Previously Identified Landslides in Morrow County Volcano - Map: USGS Pacific Northwest Volcanics from website: http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Volcanoes/PacificNW/Maps Article: “Chicken Little Was Right – Sometimes the Sky DOES Fall” by Katharine Cashman, Phi Kappa Phi Forum/Vol. 86.No.1 Maps: Map of Washington and Oregon showing the percentage probability of accumulation of ten or more centimeters of tephra from a large eruption of Mount St. Helens and the annual probability of accumulation of ten or more centimeters of tephra in Washington and Oregon from eruptions throughout the Cascade Range. http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Imgs/Gif Wildfire - Army Wildland Fire Policy Guidance, August 2002 Interagency Fire Management Plan Template, signed by the USDA Forest Service, Indian Affairs, Bureau of Land Management, Fish and Wildlife Service, and the National Park Service Executive Order EO-00-18, Determination of Emergency Conflagration Act Due to Fire in Morrow County: 07/22/2000 Executive Order EO-00-24, Determination of Emergency Conflagration Act Due to Fire in Gilliam and Morrow Counties: 08/10/2000 Newspaper Article: Heppner Gazette, 07/22/1987: Wind-whipped Blaze Challenges Volunteer Firefighters Newspaper Article: Heppner Gazette, 07/30/1970: Blaze Takes Grass and Grain Lands Wind Storms - Newspaper Article: East Oregonian, 05/20/2006: Severe Weather Strikes Area Newspaper Article: Hermiston Herald, 05/23/2006: Depot Loses Power Due to Wind Storm NOAA Damage Report of the May 19, 2006 wind storm from website: http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/pdt/reference/20060519/lsr.php Article: “The Oregon Weather Book, A State of Extremes” by George H. Taylor & Raymond R. Hatton Newspaper Article: The Oregonian, 06/14/2006: May Tornado Lashed Morrow County Newspaper Article: Oregonian, 09/28/1999: Seventh Victim Dies as Result of Highway Crash Newspaper Article: East Oregonian, 11/20/1999: Freak of Nature? Proper steps would have helped during I-84 pileup, but not much Newspaper Article: East Oregonian, 10/02/2002: Lawsuit Seeks $31 Million for 1999 Dust Storm Death I-84 Dust Storm Community Solutions Team Final Report – June 1, 2000 Winter Storm – none CITY ANNEXES (All Action Item Proposals can be viewed in the Action Item Matrix) Boardman - City of Boardman Resolution 8-2006 Adoption Resolution Action Item Proposal 5.28 Action Item Proposal 5.26 Heppner - City of Heppner Resolution 651-06 Adoption Resolution Action Item Proposal 2.6 Action Item Proposal 2.3, 7.10 Action Item Proposal 7.6 The Heppner Flash Flood Emergency Plan as Amended May 23, 2006 Ione - City of Ione Resolution 6-2006 Adoption Resolution Action Item Proposals 2.2 and 1.1 Irrigon - City of Irrigon Resolution 06-25 Adoption Resolution Action Item Proposals 1.2, 5.27 and 5.25 Lexington – Town of Lexington Resolution 06-08 Adoption Resolution