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' Hennepin County Hazard Mitigation Plan Community Profile <br /> III. COMMUNITY PROFILE <br /> Hennepin County is subject to many natural and human caused disasters. <br /> These events could cause injury or loss of life, property damage, and <br /> damage to the infrastructure that would affect the quality of life for its <br /> residents. As development moves west from Minneapolis and its suburbs, <br /> population vulnerability is spread over a wider geographic area. Because <br /> of this, Hennepin County Emergency Preparedness has drafted this <br /> mitigation plan so that hazards are ranked, strategies identified, and goals <br /> set for reducing or eliminating the effects of a natural or human caused <br /> disaster. <br /> Related documents have been consulted to produce this mitigation plan <br /> and are incorporated into this plan by reference: They include: <br /> ® Census data <br /> Watershed plans <br /> ® FEMA regulations <br /> • Infrastructure maps (sewer, water, etc) <br /> Utility maps <br /> The mapping used in the Hennepin County plan was drawn from the <br /> Hennepin County Transportation Department, the Housing, Community <br /> Works and Transit Department, the Office of Planning and Development, <br /> and the State of Minnesota. Information included is but not limited to <br /> topographies, land use, soils, transportation systems, watershed and <br /> hydrology, and political subdivision boundaries. These sources have <br /> partnered with Emergency Preparedness to provide verifiable data from <br /> original sources. <br /> A. Basic County Information <br /> Hennepin County forms one of the major metropolitan areas in the <br /> United States. It is the largest of Minnesota's 87 counties in <br /> population, budget, and assessed valuation. The 2001 census <br /> estimates the population at 1,114,977 (22.7% of the state's <br /> population), contained in-611 square miles, of which 563 are land and <br /> 48 are water. The population center is the county seat, Minneapolis. <br /> The county has 45 cities, one township and 1 unorganized territory. <br /> There are 48 square miles of water in 104 lakes. The lowest elevation <br /> is 680 feet above sea level and the highest point is 1,131 feet above <br /> sea level. <br /> 1 <br /> Il•\III r:nmmienihr Pmfiln rinr <br />