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2025 Hazard Mitigation Plan <br />Kittitas County, Washington <br /> <br /> <br />Appendix C: Public Engagement 348 <br />Question 20: Based on YOUR PERCEPTION of your jurisdiction's hazards, to what degree of <br />emphasis would you expect your jurisdiction to mitigate the following hazards? <br /> <br />Definition: Hazard mitigation is any sustainable action that reduces or eliminates long-term risk to people <br />and property from future disasters. Hazard mitigation includes long-term solutions that reduce the impact <br />of disasters in the future. <br /> <br />No Mitigation Needed: No mitigation on this hazard is expected or needed. <br />Low Priority: This hazard should be mitigated, but is not a high priority compared to other hazards. <br />Medium Priority: It is important to mitigate this hazard. <br />High Priority: It is a high priority to emphasize mitigation for this hazard. <br /> <br />Value <br />No Mitigation <br />Needed Low Priority Medium <br />Priority High Priority Total <br />Responses <br />Count % Count % Count % Count % <br />Avalanche 44 41.5% 38 35.8% 14 13.2% 10 9.4% 106 <br />Dam Failure 23 21.5% 33 30.8% 28 26.2% 23 21.5% 107 <br />Drought 6 5.6% 20 18.5% 36 33.3% 46 42.6% 108 <br />Earthquake 8 7.6% 40 38.1% 41 39.0% 16 15.2% 105 <br />Flood 7 6.4% 21 19.3% 47 43.1% 34 31.2% 109 <br />Landslide 21 19.8% 48 45.3% 25 23.6% 12 11.3% 106 <br />Severe Weather (e.g., <br />thunderstorms, strong <br />winds, hail) <br />8 7.3% 17 15.6% 45 41.3% 39 35.8% 109 <br />Volcano 33 30.3% 48 44.0% 19 17.4% 9 8.3% 109 <br />Wildfires 4 3.7% 3 2.8% 23 21.1% 79 72.5% 109 <br />Winter Storm 2 1.8% 9 8.3% 42 38.5% 56 51.4% 109 <br />