TABLE OF CONTENTS
3.6.2 3.7 3.8 3.8.1 3.9
Utilities ............................................................................................................................. 45 Current and Future Land Use .....................................45 Employment and Industry ..........................................49 Wages and Employment.................................................................................... 49 Social Vulnerability Assessment ...............................51 Jurisdiction Information ..............................................53 Town of Apex .............................................................................................................. 53 Town of Cary ................................................................................................................ 54 Town of Fuquay-Varina ........................................................................................ 55 Town of Garner .......................................................................................................... 55 Town of Holly Springs ........................................................................................... 56 Town of Knightdale .................................................................................................57 Town of Morrisville ...................................................................................................57 City of Raleigh ............................................................................................................ 58
3.10 3.10.1 3.10.2 3.10.3 3.10.4 3.10.5 3.10.6 3.10.7 3.10.8 3.10.9
Town of Rolesville .................................................................................................... 59 3.10.10 Town of Wake Forest ............................................................................................. 60 3.10.11 Town of Wendell........................................................................................................ 61 3.10.12 Town of Zebulon........................................................................................................ 61 4 RISK ASSESSMENT ............................................ 63 4.1 Overview .............................................................................63 4.2 Hazard Identification ..................................................... 64 4.3 Risk Assessment Methodology and Assumptions .................................................................................................68
4.4 4.5
Asset Inventory ................................................................ 72 Hazard Profiles, Analysis, and Vulnerability........85 Dam Failure .................................................................................................................. 85 Drought ........................................................................................................................... 97 Earthquake ................................................................................................................. 104 Extreme Heat .............................................................................................................. 118 Flood ................................................................................................................................ 124 Hurricane and Tropical Storm........................................................................ 157 Infectious Disease ................................................................................................... 172 Landslide ...................................................................................................................... 180 Severe Weather (Thunderstorm Winds, Lightning & Hail)......... 186 Severe Winter Storm........................................................................................... 207 Tornado .......................................................................................................................... 214
4.5.1 4.5.2 4.5.3 4.5.4 4.5.5 4.5.6 4.5.7 4.5.8 4.5.9 4.5.10 4.5.11
Wake County, NC Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan
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