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2025 Hazard Mitigation Plan <br />Kittitas Gounty, Washington <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 />Definition: Hazard mitigation is any sustainable action that reduces or eliminates long-term riskto people <br />and property from future disasfers. Hazard mitigation includes long-term solutions that reduce the impact <br />of disasfers in the future. <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: lt is imporiant to mitigate this hazard. <br />High Priority: lt is a high priority to emphasize mitigation for this hazard. <br />Count otto Count o/to Count o/toCountotlo <br />10 9.4o/o 106Avalanche4441 .5o/o 38 35.8%14 13.2o/o <br />23 21.5%33 30.8%28 26.2%23 21.5%107Dam Failure <br />18.50k 36 33.3%46 42.6%108Drought65.6%20 <br />3S.O%16 15.2%105Earthquake87.6%40 38.10/o 41 <br />31.2o/o 109Flood76.404 21 19.3o/o 47 43.104 34 <br />19.8%48 45.3o/o 25 23.6%12 11.3o/o 106Landslide21 <br />41.3%39 35.8%109 <br />Severe Weather (e.9., <br />thunderstorms, sfrong <br />winds, hail) <br />8 7.3%17 15.6%45 <br />1093330,3%48 44.00/o 19 17.40k I 8.3%Volcano <br />3 2.80k 23 21 .1o/o 109Wildfires43.7% <br />38.5%56 51.4Vo 109Winter Storm 2 1.8%9 8.3%42 <br />'ii ,a' . !:tiiii, <br />Low Priority High Priority <br />Value <br />Medium <br />Priority <br />No Mitigation <br />Needed Total <br />Responses <br />Appendix C: Public Engagement 348