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AN0K;% <br />COUNTY <br />Anoka County Multi- Jurisdictional <br />All Hazards Mitigation Plan <br />Qualitative Methodology relies less on technology, and more on historical and anecdotal data, <br />community input, and professional judgment <br />regarding expected hazard impacts. The qualitative <br />assessment is built around varying degrees and <br />weights of risk values as assigned by the consensus <br />of Anoka County's Hazard Mitigation Steering <br />Committee. <br />The vulnerability assessment for Anoka County uses <br />a scoring system based on the adjacent table. <br />4.4.1.1 Countywide Hazard Vulnerability <br />After analyzing and evaluating all available data, the <br />Hazard Committee developed the hazard history <br />vulnerability assessment. The table below lists the <br />hazards identified by the committee as hazards that <br />have impacted Anoka County and its municipalities <br />in the past and the potential hazards that could <br />impact the county and its municipalities in the future. <br />The committee then used the risk table developed <br />previously to determine the county's degree of <br />vulnerability to each hazard. <br />Economically in Anoka County flooding has been <br />most costly with a reported cost of over $204 million, <br />or an average Of $5.5 million per occurrence. <br />Tornadoes were second at over $123 million <br />Severe weather - Thunderstorms with hail lightning <br />and high winds ranks third with over $30 million in <br />losses. Urban fires rank 4th with over $15.6 million in <br />losses followed by wildfires which accounted for 6.5 <br />million in losses which includes timber and response <br />costs. Pandemics are the most costly in fatalities <br />and injuries with over 6000 fatalities and injuries <br />followed by tornadoes with over 750 fatalities and <br />injuries. <br />HAZARD RATING <br />No Fatalities /Injuries <br />0 <br />Less than 3 injuries <br />1 <br />Less than 5 fatalities /10 injuries <br />2 <br />Less than 15 fatalities /50 injuries <br />3 <br />Less than 25 fatalities /100 injuries <br />4 <br />More than 26 fatalities /injuries <br />5 <br />No Economic Damage or Cost <br />0 <br />1 <br />Less than 500,000 damage cost <br />Less than 2,000,000 damage cost <br />2 <br />Less than 5,000,000 damage cost <br />3 <br />Less than 10,000,000 damage cost <br />4 <br />More than 10,000,000 damage cost <br />5 <br />Extent area minimal /no evacuation <br />0 <br />Extent area local /minimal evacuation <br />1 <br />Extent area local /some evacuation <br />2 <br />Extent area 1 mi. /some evacuation <br />3 <br />Extent area 3 mi. /major evacuation <br />4 <br />Extent area >3 mile /evacuation <br />5 <br />Probability once in 100+ years <br />0 <br />Probability once in 50 years <br />1 <br />2 <br />Probability once in 10 years <br />Probability once in every 5 years <br />3 <br />Probability once in every 1 year <br />4 <br />Probability more than once in 1 year <br />5 <br />No repetitive loss <br />0 <br />One repetitive loss <br />1 <br />Three repetitive losses <br />2 <br />Five repetitive losses <br />3 <br />Ten repetitive losses <br />4 <br />More than ten repetitive losses <br />5 <br />When historical information for all selected hazards is evaluated and scored, flooding is the <br />number one hazard that has impacted Anoka County. It was recognized that the availability and <br />quantity of data varied significantly between hazards and thus impacted evaluations. The <br />committee believed that had economic data been accurately recorded, urban fires and severe <br />weather dollars could easily have been up to 5 -10 times greater. <br />• <br />