Wake County Hazard Mitigation Plan - Adopted 10-21-2024

SECTION 4: RISK ASSESSMENT

Table 4.46 – Population Impacted by the 500 Year Flood Event

Elderly Population At Risk

All Children Population

Children At Risk

Population At Risk

All Elderly Population

Total Population

Jurisdiction

Number Percent

Number Percent

Number Percent

Raleigh

476,892

2,688

0.6% 0.1% 0.6% 0.1% 0.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.9% 0.0% 0.1% 0.4%

53,945

345

0.6% 0.2% 0.7% 0.2% 0.5% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0% 0.0% 0.2% 0.4%

26,904

172

0.6% 0.2% 0.7% 0.2% 0.5% 0.0% 0.1% 1.0% 0.0% 0.2% 0.5%

Apex

57,525

83

5,963

12

3,912 9,432 2,204 2,863 2,254 1,917 1,627

8

Cary

164,869 32,177 35,232 30,885 29,077 21,999 12,236 38,203

959

19,866 4,432 5,015 2,685 3,207

139

66

Fuquay-Varina

43

8

4

Garner

167

27

15

Holly Springs Knightdale Morrisville

10

1 1

1 1

8

198

1,533 1,401 4,777

16

17

Rolesville

0

0 8 6

919

0 5 2

Wake Forest

51

2,891

Wendell Zebulon

8,423 5,751

35 87

1,361

418 437

1.5%

948

13

1.4%

6

1.4%

Unincorporated Wake County

230,494

187

0.1%

29,196

40

0.1%

14,301

20

0.1%

TOTAL

1,143,763

4,516

0.4%

134,329

616

0.5%

70,079

317

0.5%

Source: NCEM Risk Management Tool

PROPERTY

Residential, commercial, and public buildings, as well as critical infrastructure such as transportation, water, energy, and communication systems may be damaged or destroyed by flood waters. Table 4.47 through Table 4.51 detail the property at risk from the 10-year through the 500-year flood event, according to data from the NCEM IRISK database. As with population vulnerability data, there are no estimated impacts in the floodway, and actual property at risk is likely higher due to the amount of development that has occurred since the original analysis for the IRISK dataset was performed. The damage estimates for the 1% annual chance flood event total $30,624,034, which equates to a loss ratio of less than 1 percent. The loss ratio is the damage estimate divided by the total potential exposure (i.e., total value of all buildings in the planning area), displayed as a percentage of value at risk. FEMA considers loss ratios greater than 10% to be significant and an indicator a community may have more difficulties recovering from an event. Table 4.52 provides building counts and estimated damages for Critical Infrastructure and Key Resources (CIKR) buildings across all jurisdictions, by sector and flood event. Vulnerability of CIKR as well as High Potential Loss Properties, where applicable, can be found by jurisdiction in each community’s annex to this plan.

Wake County, NC Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan

WSP June 2024 Page 142

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