Albany County Multi-Jurisdictional Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan July 2018 Albany County Multi-Jurisdictional Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan Prepared for: Albany County Prepared by: Barton & Loguidice, D.P.C. 10 Airline Drive, Suite 200 Albany, New York 12205 © 2018 BARTON & LOGUIDICE, D.P.C. I ALBANY COUNTY MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL MULTI-HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN Table of Contents 1.0 Introduction .....................................................................................................................1 1.1 Background ............................................................................................................1 1.2 Plan Purpose ...........................................................................................................2 1.3 Planning Participants ..............................................................................................3 1.4 Hazard Mitigation Planning Process........................................................................6 2.0 Albany County Profile .....................................................................................................7 2.1 Geographic Location ...............................................................................................7 2.2 Climate ...................................................................................................................8 2.3 Historical Overview .............................................................................................. 11 2.4 Demographics ....................................................................................................... 11 2.5 Land Use .............................................................................................................. 13 2.6 Economic Characteristics and Employment .......................................................... 19 2.7 Transportation ....................................................................................................... 20 2.8 Critical Community Facilities ............................................................................... 23 2.9 Office of the Albany County Executive ................................................................. 32 3.0 Planning Process............................................................................................................ 34 3.1 Resources and Information Collection................................................................... 34 3.2 Planning Team and Key Stakeholders ................................................................... 34 3.3 Jurisdiction Participation ....................................................................................... 35 3.4 Public Participation ............................................................................................... 37 3.5 Coordination with Agencies .................................................................................. 37 © 2018 BARTON & LOGUIDICE, D.P.C. II ALBANY COUNTY MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL MULTI-HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN Table of Contents 4.0 Risk Assessment ........................................................................................................... 40 4.1 Risk Assessment Tools ......................................................................................... 41 4.2 Hazard Identification ............................................................................................ 47 4.3 Presidential Disaster Declaration........................................................................... 53 4.4 Crude Oil Transportation ...................................................................................... 59 5.0 Hazard Data and Profiles .............................................................................................. 60 5.1 Extreme Temperatures .......................................................................................... 60 5.2 Severe Thunderstorm/Wind/Tornado .................................................................... 66 5.3 Hurricanes and Tropical Storms ............................................................................ 86 5.4 Floods ................................................................................................................... 92 5.5 Drought .............................................................................................................. 104 5.6 Landslides .......................................................................................................... 111 5.7 Earthquakes ........................................................................................................ 117 5.8 Winter Storm/Ice Storm ...................................................................................... 130 5.9 Wildfires……………………………………………………………………….....144 5.10 Ice Jams ........................................................................................................... 148 6.0 Hazard Vulnerability .................................................................................................. 154 6.1 Identify Assets .................................................................................................... 156 6.2 Damage Potential ............................................................................................. 156 6.3 Development Trends ........................................................................................... 158 © 2018 BARTON & LOGUIDICE, D.P.C. III ALBANY COUNTY MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL MULTI-HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN Table of Contents 7.0 Hazard Mitigation ................................................................................................................. 162 7.1 Background and Past Mitigation Accomplishments ................................................. 162 7.2 Mitigation Strategy ................................................................................................... 162 7.3 Mitigation Goals ....................................................................................................... 164 7.4 Capability Assessment .............................................................................................. 169 7.5 Mitigation Strategy Prioritization ............................................................................. 180 8.0 National Flood Insurance Program ....................................................................................... 183 8.1 Albany County Flood Mapping ................................................................................ 183 8.2 Albany County NFIP Policy and Loss Statistics ...................................................... 184 8.3 NFIP Mitigation Actions ........................................................................................... 189 9.0 Plan Maintenance Process ..................................................................................................... 189 9.1 Plan Monitoring and Evaluation ............................................................................... 192 9.2 Plan Updating ............................................................................................................ 193 9.3 Local Planning Considerations ................................................................................. 193 9.4 Public Involvement ................................................................................................... 195 9.5 Plan Integration ......................................................................................................... 195 10.0 Background............................................................................................................................ 197 10.1 Hazard Vulnerabilities and Ranking ......................................................................... 198 10.2 Capability Assessment .............................................................................................. 198 10.3 Mitigation Strategy and Prioritization....................................................................... 199 © 2018 BARTON & LOGUIDICE, D.P.C. IV ALBANY COUNTY MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL MULTI-HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN Table of Contents Tables: Table 2.1a – Areas for Jurisdiction within Albany County Table 2.2a – Annual Temperature, Precipitation, and Snowfall Data Recorded Between 1950 and 2015 and Displayed as Decade Averages Table 2.4a – Population Change in Albany County Jurisdictions – 1990 to 2010 Table 2.5a – Percentage of Acreage per Jurisdiction by Land Use Categories Table 2.5b – Agricultural Land Inventory by Type Table 2.6a – Change in Observed Total Jobs in Industries between January 2015 and January 2016 – Albany-Schenectady-Troy MSA Table 2.6b – Top 10 Private Employers (by number of employees) Table 2.8a – Essential Facilities within the 500-Year Floodplain Table 2.8b – High Hazard Dams in Albany County Table 3.3a – Jurisdictional Capability Assessment and Resource Availability Table 4.3a – Presidential Disaster Declarations for New York State, 1954-2015 Major Disaster Declarations Table 4.3b – NYS Emergency Declarations Table 4.3c – Fire Management Assistance Declarations Table 5.0a – Probability of Future Hazard Occurrence Table 5.2a – Severity and Typical Effects of Various Speed Winds Table 5.3a – Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale Table 5.4a – Summary of Land Areas in Flood Hazard Areas Table 5.4b – Summary of Total Values in Flood Hazard Areas Table 5.4c – Flood Related Disaster Declarations Affecting Albany County 2000-2017 Table 5.4d – Flood Occurrences in Albany County 2007-2017 Table 5.5a – Distribution of Agricultural Land in Albany County