Pre-Disaster Mitigation 5-Year Plan JUAB, MILLARD, PIUTE, SANPETE, SEVIER, WAYNE COUNTIES Adopted September 3, 2015 By the U.S. Department Of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) PREPARED BY: SIX COUNTY AOG PLANNING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT | 250 N MAIN, SUITE B12, RICHFIELD, UT, 84701 - (435) 893-0714 Contents Executive Summary ........................................................................................................................ 4 Plan Mission................................................................................................................................ 4 Plan Organization........................................................................................................................ 4 Plan Financing ............................................................................................................................ 4 Plan Participation ........................................................................................................................ 4 Juab County ............................................................................................................................ 4 Millard County ........................................................................................................................ 5 Piute County............................................................................................................................ 5 Sanpete County ....................................................................................................................... 5 Sevier County.......................................................................................................................... 5 Wayne County ........................................................................................................................ 5 Hazards Identified ....................................................................................................................... 5 PRE-REQUISTES & ADOPTION BY THE LOCAL JURISDICTIONS ................................. 5 Preface............................................................................................................................................. 5 Introduction ..................................................................................................................................... 6 SCAOG Participating Jurisdictions ............................................................................................ 7 Scope ........................................................................................................................................... 8 Goals ........................................................................................................................................... 8 Overall Goals: ......................................................................................................................... 8 Short Term Goals .................................................................................................................... 8 Long Term Goals .................................................................................................................... 9 Objectives ................................................................................................................................... 9 Authority ................................................................................................................................... 10 Federal: ................................................................................................................................. 10 State: ..................................................................................................................................... 10 Six County Association of Governments:............................................................................. 10 Local: .................................................................................................................................... 10 Acknowledgements ................................................................................................................... 11 PLANNING PROCESS ................................................................................................................ 12 SCAOG PDM Planning Process ............................................................................................... 12 Step 1: Organize Resources .................................................................................................. 12 Step 2: Public Officials Outreach ......................................................................................... 14 Step 3: Establish Continuity in the Planning Process ........................................................... 17 Step 4: Data Acquisition ....................................................................................................... 17 Step 5: Hazard Risk Identification and Analysis .................................................................. 17 Step 6: County Vulnerability Assessment ............................................................................ 18 Step 7: Community Goals Assessment ................................................................................. 18 Step 8: Contact Regional Mitigation Emergency Managers................................................. 18 Step 9: Mitigation Strategy Development............................................................................. 18 Step 10: Prioritization of Identified Mitigation Strategies .................................................... 21 Step 11: State Review ........................................................................................................... 21 Step 12: Adoption ................................................................................................................. 21 Public Involvement ................................................................................................................... 21 Information Sources .................................................................................................................. 22 Plan Methodology ..................................................................................................................... 23 1 State and federal guidelines and requirements for mitigation plans: .................................... 23 Previous plans and studies: ................................................................................................... 23 Risk Assessment ................................................................................................................... 24 GENERAL REGIONAL DATA .................................................................................................. 27 Juab County .......................................................................................................................... 27 Millard County ...................................................................................................................... 27 Piute County.......................................................................................................................... 27 Sanpete County ..................................................................................................................... 27 Sevier County........................................................................................................................ 27 Wayne County ...................................................................................................................... 27 Demographics ........................................................................................................................... 27 Geographic and Physiographic Background ............................................................................. 30 Physiography......................................................................................................................... 31 Climate & Geology ................................................................................................................... 32 Climate .................................................................................................................................. 32 Geology ................................................................................................................................. 33 National Flood Insurance Program Participation .......................................................................... 34 About Participation ............................................................................................................... 34 Building Code Effectiveness Grading BCEGS Scores: ................................................................ 36 Hazard Definitions ........................................................................................................................ 36 Flood ..................................................................................................................................... 36 Earthquake ............................................................................................................................ 37 Landslides ............................................................................................................................. 39 Severe Weather ..................................................................................................................... 39 Drought 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