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Anoka County2025 Hazard Mitigation Planz.umn.edu/AnokaHMP <br /> <br />The prioritization of hazards for the Anoka CountyHMP Update (Table 4) was based upon group review <br />and discussion of the natural hazards that pose risk to the county during the HMP Planning Team <br />Meeting #1. In the review of each hazard, the group was asked to consider if the risk to severe natural <br />hazards had increased or decreased since the last plan, and if this affected their priority level to <br />mitigate against that hazard. Appendix F provides the discussion notes from the meeting. <br />Table 4. Prioritization of hazards for 2025 Anoka County HMP Update <br />Natural Hazards Addressed in the Last Plan Current Priority <br />Flooding High <br />WindstormsHigh <br />Tornadoes High <br />Winter Storms Moderate <br />Hail Moderate <br />LightningModerate <br />Extreme Cold Moderate <br />Extreme Heat Moderate <br />Wildfire Moderate <br />Drought Low <br />Landslides Low <br />Land Subsidence Low <br />Dam/Levee Failure Low <br />3.1.2 FEMA- and Minnesota-Declared Disasters and Assistance <br />Another historical perspective is derived from FEMA-declared disasters and emergencies. The Stafford <br />Act provides for two types of disaster declarations: emergency declarations and major disaster <br />declarations (Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, 1974). Between 1957 <br />and August 2025, Anoka County was included in 13 federal disaster declarations; see details on the <br />Anoka County HMP website. <br />Minnesota Statutes Chapter 12A established a framework for state agencies to help communities <br />recover from disaster. In 2014, Governor Mark Dayton signed legislation establishing the state’s <br />Disaster Assistance Contingency Account to assist local communities after a natural disaster when <br />federal aid is not available. Damage required to declare a disaster is half the threshold of the <br />federal/FEMA public assistance (only) program threshold (MN HSEM, 2019). Anoka County has been <br />included in one State Disaster Declaration. <br />The Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP), the Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA) program, and the <br />former Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) program are FEMA-administered <br />hazard mitigation assistance programs that provide funding for eligible mitigation planning and <br />projects that reduce disaster losses and protect life and property from future disaster damages (FEMA, <br />2021). Table 5 lists the projects in the county funded by a hazard mitigation assistance program. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Section 3 12 Hazards <br />21 <br /> <br />