Mohave County Multi‐Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan 2016 TABLE OF CONTENTS SECTION 1: INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................. 2 1.1 Purpose ............................................................................................................................................ 2 1.2 Background and Scope ................................................................................................................... 2 1.3 Assurances ....................................................................................................................................... 3 1.4 Plan Organization ........................................................................................................................... 3 SECTION 2: COMMUNITY PROFILES ................................................................................................... 4 2.1 Mohave County ............................................................................................................................... 4 2.2 Bullhead City ................................................................................................................................. 14 2.3 Colorado City ................................................................................................................................ 19 2.4 Kingman ........................................................................................................................................ 21 2.5 Lake Havasu City .......................................................................................................................... 27 2.6 Ft. Mojave Indian Tribe ............................................................................................................... 30 2.7 Hualapai Tribe .............................................................................................................................. 38 SECTION 3: PLANNING PROCESS ....................................................................................................... 43 3.1 Section Changes ............................................................................................................................ 43 3.2 Planning Team and Activities ...................................................................................................... 43 3.3 Public and Stakeholder Outreach ................................................................................................ 45 3.4 Program Integration ..................................................................................................................... 49 SECTION 4: RISK ASSESSMENT .......................................................................................................... 53 4.1 Section Changes ............................................................................................................................ 53 4.2 Hazard Identification .................................................................................................................... 53 4.3 Vulnerability Analysis Methodology ........................................................................................... 54 4.4 Hazard Risk Profiles ..................................................................................................................... 59 4.4.1 Biological/Disease Events ....................................................................................................... 59 4.4.2 Dam Failure ............................................................................................................................. 63 4.4.3 Drought .................................................................................................................................... 75 4.4.4 Extreme Heat ........................................................................................................................... 83 4.4.5 Flood / Flash Flood .................................................................................................................. 87 4.4.6 Hazardous Materials Incidents ............................................................................................... 100 4.4.7 Power Failure ......................................................................................................................... 112 4.4.8 Severe Wind ........................................................................................................................... 113 4.4.9 Wildfire .................................................................................................................................. 119 SECTION 5: MITIGATION STRATEGY ............................................................................................... 135 5.1 Section Changes .......................................................................................................................... 135 5.2 Goals and Objectives .................................................................................................................. 135 5.3 Capability Assessment ................................................................................................................ 135 5.4 Actions and Projects ................................................................................................................... 149 SECTION 6: PLAN MAINTENANCE PROCEDURES............................................................................ 170 6.1 Section Changes .......................................................................................................................... 170 6.2 Monitoring, Evaluating and Updating ...................................................................................... 170 6.3 Monitoring Mitigation Activities ............................................................................................... 170 6.4 Incorporation into Other Planning Mechanisms ..................................................................... 171 6.5 Continued Public and Stakeholder Outreach ........................................................................... 173 APPENDIX A: PLAN TOOLS .............................................................................................................. 175 APPENDIX B: PLANNING DOCUMENTATION ................................................................................... 182 APPENDIX C: PUBLIC & STAKEHOLDER INVOLVEMENT DOCUMENTATION ............................... 191 APPENDIX D: PREVIOUS MITIGATION STRATEGY ASSESSMENT .................................................. 204 i Mohave County Multi‐Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan 2016 MAP 2-1: VICINITY ................................................................................................................................ 5 MAP 2-2: TERRESTRIAL ECOREGIONS ................................................................................................ 6 MAP 2-3: LAND OWNERSHIP OF MOHAVE COUNTY ........................................................................... 8 MAP 2-4: GENERAL FEATURES OF MOHAVE COUNTY ....................................................................... 9 MAP 2-5: COUNTYWIDE LAND USE PLAN ......................................................................................... 13 MAP 2-6: BULLHEAD CITY LOCATION CIRCULATION MAP ............................................................ 16 MAP 2-7: BULLHEAD CITY LAND USE ............................................................................................... 17 MAP 2-8: COLORADO CITY LOCATION AND LAND OWNERSHIP ..................................................... 20 MAP 2-9: KINGMAN LOCATION & LAND USE ................................................................................... 24 MAP 2-10: KINGMAN GROWTH AREA ............................................................................................... 25 MAP 2-11: KINGMAN PROJECTED LAND USE ................................................................................... 26 MAP 2-12: LAKE HAVASU CITY LOCATION AND LAND OWNERSHIP .............................................. 28 MAP 2-13: LAKE HAVASU CITY LAND USE PLAN ............................................................................. 29 MAP 2-14: FT. MOJAVE VICINITY ...................................................................................................... 32 MAP 2-15: FT. MOJAVE TRANSPORTATION ROUTES ....................................................................... 33 MAP 2-16: FT. MOJAVE TERRESTIAL ECOREGIONS ......................................................................... 34 MAP 4-1: DAM FAILURE HAZARD, COLORADO CITY ....................................................................... 69 MAP 4-2: DAM FAILURE HAZARD, KINGMAN ................................................................................... 70 MAP 4-3: DAM FAILURE HAZARD, LAKE HAVASU CITY .................................................................. 71 MAP 4-4: DAM FAILURE HAZARD, MOHAVE COUNTY ..................................................................... 72 MAP 4-5: DAM FAILURE HAZARD, MOHAVE COUNTY ..................................................................... 73 MAP 4-6: DAM FAILURE HAZARD, MOHAVE COUNTY ..................................................................... 74 MAP 4-7: ARIZONA LONG TERM DROUGHT STATUS FOR APRIL 2015 ............................................ 79 MAP 4-8: FLOOD HAZARD, BULLHEAD CITY ...................................................................................