2018 Jan- Flooding and Ice Jam of Bagley Field (Photo by Apryl Blood) 2018 May- EF-1 Tornado Damage on Couchtown Road (Photo from Concord Monitor, May 16) Adopted by the Warner Board of Selectmen June 11, 2019 NHHSEM/FEMA Approved June 25, 2019 Selectmen Adopted June 11, 2019 NHHSEM/FEMA Approved June 25, 2019 Town of Warner 5 East Main Street Warner, NH 03278 Phone: (603) 456-2298 www.warner.nh.us Central NH Regional Planning Commission (CNHRPC) 28 Commercial Street, Suite 3 Concord, NH 03301 Phone: (603) 226-6020 www.cnhrpc.org NH Department of Safety (NHDOS) NH Homeland Security and Emergency Management (NHHSEM) 33 Hazen Drive Concord, NH 03305 (Mailing Address) Incident Planning and Operations Center (IPOC) 110 Smokey Bear Blvd Concord, NH 03301 (Physical Address) Phone: (800) 852-3792 or (603) 271-2231 www.nh.gov/safety/divisions/hsem https://apps.nh.gov/blogs/hsem US Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) 99 High Street, Sixth Floor Boston, Massachusetts 02110 Phone: (617) 223-9540 www.fema.gov From: Hazard Mitigation Planning To: Stephanie Alexander; "[email protected]"; "[email protected]"; "[email protected]" Cc: Chase, Julia; Monastiero, Alexxandre Subject: Warner, NH - Approvable Pending Adoption Date: Wednesday, May 29, 2019 1:08:43 PM Good afternoon! The Department of Safety, Division of Homeland Security & Emergency Management (HSEM) has completed its review of the Warner, NH Hazard Mitigation Plan and found it approvable pending adoption. Congratulations on a job well done! With this approval, the jurisdiction meets the local mitigation planning requirements under 44 CFR 201 pending HSEM’s receipt of electronic copies of the adoption documentation and the final plan. Acceptable electronic formats include Word or PDF files and must be submitted to us via email at [email protected]. Upon HSEM’s receipt of these documents, notification of formal approval will be issued, along with the final Checklist and Assessment. The approved plan will be submitted to FEMA on the same day the community receives the formal approval notification from HSEM. FEMA will then issue a Letter of Formal Approval to HSEM for dissemination that will confirm the jurisdiction's eligibility to apply for mitigation grants administered by FEMA and identify related issues affecting eligibility, if any. If the plan is not adopted within one calendar year of HSEM’s Approval Pending Adoption, the jurisdiction must update the entire plan and resubmit it for HSEM review. If you have questions or wish to discuss this determination further, please contact me at [email protected] or 603-223-3650. Thank you for submitting the Warner, NH Hazard Mitigation Plan and again, congratulations on your successful community planning efforts. Sincerely, Kayla J. Henderson NH Department of Safety – Division of Homeland Security & Emergency Management Hazard Mitigation Planning Hazard Mitigation Staff: Alexx Monastiero, State Hazard Mitigation Officer / [email protected] / (603) 223-3627 Kayla Henderson, State Hazard Mitigation Planner / [email protected] / (603) 223 3650 Whitney Welch, Asst. Chief of Planning / [email protected] / (603) 223-3667 Julia Moreland, Program Assistant / [email protected] / 603-223-3633 TABLE OF CONTENTS Table of Contents 1 PLANNING PROCESS ................................................................................................................ 1 Certificate of Adoption, 2019 ................................................................................................................. 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 ............................................................................................................................ 15 3 GOALS AND OBJECTIVES........................................................................................................ 18 What Are Goals, Objectives and Actions .............................................................................................. 18 Overall Hazard Mitigation Plan Goals ................................................................................................... 21 General Hazard Mitigation Objectives ................................................................................................. 22 4 HAZARD RISK ASSESSMENT .................................................................................................. 25 Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment (HIRA) Ratings .................................................................. 26 Central NH Region Major Disaster Declarations, 1973-2019 ............................................................... 46 Past Disasters and Severe Weather Events .......................................................................................... 49 Description and Magnitude of Hazards ................................................................................................ 80 Potential Future Hazards .................................................................................................................... 128 Local Climate Changes and Extreme Weather ................................................................................... 144 Warner’s Hazard Vulnerability Change Since the 2014 Plan ............................................................. 155 5 COMMUNITY VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT AND LOSS ESTIMATION .......................... 157 Critical Facilities .................................................................................................................................. 158 Community Facilities .......................................................................................................................... 172 Potential Losses from Natural Disasters ............................................................................................. 176 National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) .......................................................................................... 184 6 CAPABILITY ASSESSMENT ................................................................................................... 190 Town Capabilities ............................................................................................................................... 191 Review of Existing Plans ..................................................................................................................... 221 Page i Board of Selectmen Adopted 06-11-19 | NHHSEM-FEMA Approval 06-25-19 TABLE OF CONTENTS 7 PRIOR ACTION STATUS ........................................................................................................ 223 Action Status Determination .............................................................................................................. 223 Review of 2014 Actions ...................................................................................................................... 225 8 MITIGATION ACTION PLAN ................................................................................................. 234 Warner’s Mitigation Action Plan 2019 ............................................................................................... 236 Action Evaluation and Prioritization Methods ................................................................................... 255 Natural Hazards Evaluated for Which Specific Actions Were Not Identified ..................................... 260 9 ANNUAL IMPLEMENTATION AND EVALUATION .............................................................. 261 Annual Monitoring and Update of the Mitigation Action Plan .......................................................... 261 Implementing the Plan through Existing Programs ............................................................................ 265 Continued Public Involvement ........................................................................................................... 268 Implementation and Evaluation of the Plan ...................................................................................... 269 10 APPENDICES ........................................................................................................................ 270 A Critical and Community Facilities Vulnerability Assessment .......................................... A-1 B Annual Plan Evaluation and Implementation Worksheets .............................................. B-1 C Meeting Information ................................................................................................................ C-1 D Plan Approval Documentation ............................................................................................