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<br />declarations do not always portray an accurate picture of the hazards to contend with. For <br />example, there have been 738 tornadoes in the planning area between 1950 and 1997. Due to the <br />vast open space within the planning area however, many of these tornadoes caused little or no <br />damage. Certainly, though, the high numbers of tornadoes make them a hazard to plan for. <br /> <br />In the following paragraphs, the process of further identifying the types of hazards that have <br />occurred within the planning area is described. In the following section, the Vulnerability <br />Analysis, the Planning Team will determine if each hazard poses a significant enough risk that it <br />is addressed in this mitigation plan, and whether or not the hazard poses a greater risk for any <br />particular jurisdiction versus the risk facing the entire planning area. <br /> <br />Detailed Hazard Identification Process <br />To further refine the list of natural hazards that have occurred within the planning area, each of <br />the 11 County Planning Subcommittees (CPS's) reviewed the results of an exhaustive literature <br />and Internet search conducted by TMAC, the planning consultant. The sources of hazard <br />occurrence and frequency data that were researched included: <br /> <br />· Bureau of Reclamation Dam Safety Reports <br />· FEMA Flood Insurance Rate Maps and Flood Hazard Boundary Maps (FIRMs and FHBMs) <br />and the accompanying Flood Insurance Studies (FIS), <br />· FEMA/NFIP participating community database <br />· FEMA disaster assistance databases <br />· NOAA's National Weather Service <br />· NOAA's National Climatic Data Center <br />· USACE Flood Plain Information reports <br />· USDA's, Farm Service Agency, <br />· USDA's National Crop Insurance Services database <br />· USGS earthquake and landslide maps <br />· USGS Water Supply papers <br />· Colorado Climate Center at Colorado State University <br />· Colorado School of Mines Hazard Mitigation Project Program <br />· Colorado OEM disaster assistance databases <br />· Colorado OEM maps for tornados, earthquakes, landslides, windstorms and dams, <br />· Colorado OEM Hazard Mitigation Plans and Hazard Analyses <br />· Colorado OEM and Morgan County Project Impact reports <br />· Colorado Water Conservation Board's (CWCB) community floodplain studies, and <br />· CWCB's flood impact studies and data <br /> <br />Additional data was provided by local: <br />· Citizens, including those at a Senior Citizen Living Center <br />· Flood Control Districts <br />· Historical Societies <br />· Newspapers <br />· Community officials <br />· Rural Electric Associations, and <br />· Watershed Districts <br /> <br />12 <br />