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City of Carson Natural Hazards Mitigation Plan (Working Draft)

Prepared Under Contract with:

Emergency Planning Consultants
San Diego, California
Carolyn J Harshman, President

Special Recognition

The Disaster Management Area Coordinators (DMAC) of Los Angeles County prepared a plan template that was utilized by the City of Carson in preparing this Natural Hazards Mitigation Plan. The DMAC template was based on the Mitigation Plan from Clackamas County, Oregon. The City is grateful to DMAC and the Clackamas County Natural Hazards Mitigation Committee for their contributions to this project.

Special Thanks

Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Planning Team:

City of Carson

- Rocio Lopez, Planning Division, Associate Planner

- Eileen Edgerton, Manager, Public Safety

- Alex Rocco, Information Services, GIS Specialist

- Sean Scully, Planning Division, Senior Planner

- Travis Hopkins, Public Works, Associate Engineer

- George Rivera, Public Safety, Emergency Preparedness Coordinator

Compton Unified School District

- Jesse Reyes, Police Department, ________________

- Clarence L. Moore, Police Department, _______________

City of Compton

- Adrian Tatum, Fire Department, Emergency Services Coordinator

- Joseph Lim, Planning Department, _________________

- Patrick Steward, Building and Safety, Acting Chief Building Inspector

- Gloria Falls, Community Redevelopment Agency, Deputy Director of Redevelopment

- Esmochi Enenwali, Public Works, Acting City Engineer

- Robert Burnett, Community Redevelopment Agency, ________________

- Arlene Williams, City Manager, Assistant City Manager

- Charles Evans, Risk Manager, Risk Management

- Percy Perrodin, Municipal Law Enforcement Services, Director, M.L.E.S.

- Louis McKenzie, ICMS, Street Superintendent

- Kambiz Shoghi, Water Department, General Manager

- Marilynn Horne, City Controller, City Controller

Other Government Entities

Office of Disaster Management, Area E: Fan Abel, Coordinator

Mapping

Other than Internet-sourced maps, the City Carson provided all of the maps included in this plan.

Consulting Services

Project management and planning services for this project were provided under contract by Emergency Planning Consultants.

- Project Management Services: Carolyn J. Harshman, President

- Planning Services: Carolyn J. Harshman, President

Daniel Robeson, Jr., Associate

April Ratcliff, Assistant

Timothy Harshman, Intern

List of Natural Hazards Mitigation Plan Tables, Maps, and Photos

	Type of Table, Map, or Photo	Section of the Plan
Map 1-1	Base Map of City of Carson	Section 1: Introduction
Table 4-1	Federal Criteria for Risk Assessment	Section 4: Risk Assessment
Table 4-2	City of Carson Critical and Essential Facilities Vulnerable to Hazards	Section 4: Risk Assessment
Table 5-1	Earthquake Events In Southern California	Section 5: Earthquake
Figure 5-1	Causes and Characteristics of Earthquakes in Southern California	Section 5: Earthquake
Map 5-1	Seismic Zones in California	Section 5: Earthquake
Map 5-2	Major Active Surface faults in Southern California	Section 5: Earthquake
Map 5-3	Liquefaction Areas in the City of Carson	Section 5: Earthquake
Table 5-4	Partial List of the Over 200 California Laws on Earthquake Safety	Section 5: Earthquake
Table 6-1	Major Floods of the Los Angeles River	Section 6: Flood
Table 6-2	Tropical Cyclones of Southern California	Section 6: Flood
Map 6-1	Floodplains in the City of Carson	Section 6: Flood
Table 6-3	Dam Failures in Southern California	Section 6: Flood
Photo 6-1	Baldwin Hills Dam	Section 6: Flood
Figure 7-1	Santa Ana Winds	Section 7: Windstorm
Table 7-1	Fujita Tornado Damage Scale	Section 7: Windstorm
Table 7-2	Santa Ana Wind Events during 2003	Section 7: Windstorm
Table 7-3	Major Windstorms in the City of Carson	Section 7: Windstorm
Table 7-4	Major Tornado-like Events in Orange County	Section 7: Windstorm
Table 7-5	Beaufort Scale	Section 7: Windstorm

Note: The maps in this plan were provided by the City of Carson or were acquired from public Internet sources. Care was taken in the creation of these maps, but they are provided "as is". The City of Carson cannot accept any responsibility for any errors, omissions or positional accuracy, and therefore, there are no warranties that accompany these products (the maps). Although information from land surveys may have been used in the creation of these products, in no way does this product represent or constitute a land survey. Users are cautioned to field verify information on this product before making any decisions.

City of Carson Natural Hazards Mitigation Plan

Index

Part I: Mitigation Actions

Executive Summary
Attachment 1: Mitigation Actions Matrix

Section 1: Introduction

Section 2: Plan Maintenance

Part II: Hazard Analysis

Section 3: Community Profile