Hazard Mitigation - Draft Plan (Jan. 2010)

Cape May County has submitted a draft of the HMP to New Jersey Office of Emergency Management (NJOEM) for their review, and is currently working on completing the Final Plan to be submitted to FEMA. Sections of Volume I of the January 2010 Draft Plan, as submitted to NJOEM, may be downloaded below. As the jurisdictional annexes in Volume II are active work-in-progress, the downloadable sections of Volume II below represent updates since the January 2010 Draft Plan.

We welcome and encourage your input to this planning project, and ask that any comment or input be forwarded to:

Dale Foster, County Engineer
Cape May County Engineer's Office
4 Moore Road, DN-402
Cape May Court House, NJ 08210
Phone: (609) 465-1035
Fax: (609) 465-1418
Email: dfoster@co.cape-may.nj.us


Interim Draft Plan

Cover and Spine
Table of Contents
Executive Summary

Volume I

Section 1 Introduction
Section 2 Plan Adoption
Section 3 Planning Process
Section 4 County Profile
Section 5 Risk Assessment
5.1 Methodology and Tools
5.2 Identification of Natural Hazards of Concern
5.3 Hazard Ranking
5.4 Hazards Profiles and Vulnerability Assessment
5.4.1 Coastal Storm (nor'easters, tropical cyclones, hurricanes, tropical depressions, tropical storms)
5.4.2 Coastal Erosion
5.4.3 Flooding (flash and coastal flooding)
5.4.4 Severe Storm (windstorms, thunderstorms, hail, tornadoes)
5.4.5 Severe Winter Storm (heavy snow, blizzards, ice storms)
5.4.6 Wildfire
5.4.7 Tsunami
Section 6 Mitigation Strategies
Section 7 Plan Maintenance Procedures

Acronyms, Glossary, References

Volume II

Section 8 Planning Partnership
Section 9 Jurisdictional Annexes
9.1 Cape May County
9.2 Borough of Avalon
9.3 City of Cape May
9.4 Borough of Cape May Point
9.5 Township of Dennis
9.6 Township of Lower
9.7 Township of Middle
9.8 City of North Wildwood
9.9 City of Ocean City
9.10 City of Sea Isle City
9.11 Borough of Stone Harbor
9.12 Township of Upper
9.13 Borough of West Cape May
9.14 Borough of West Wildwood
9.15 City of Wildwood
9.16 Borough of Wildwood Crest

9.16 Borough of Woodbine


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