Vulnerability Assessment: Hamilton County

Overview

The Hamilton County Vulnerability Assessment is part of the Resilient Florida Grant Program, which requires statewide flood vulnerability assessments to help prepare communities for current and future impacts of intensified storms and flooding events.

A vulnerability assessment helps a community measure potential impacts from flooding as well as identify structures, infrastructure, citizens, and natural resources that may be affected.  This assessment is focused specifically on impacts to community assets. Through this project, the community will be better informed of the potential loss or damage to critical community assets. 

Most of the study being completed by Locklear will be performed through Geospatial Mapping Software (GIS), a system that creates, analyzes and maps different types of data.

This study invites the public to give feedback on the compiled data and results of the study. Local knowledge provided by the community will help customize the model to show locations the community has determined to be critical as well as locations currently experiencing flooding problems.

“Critical assets” describe locations important to the community. Assets are broken down into the following categories:

• Community & Emergency Assets like Schools, Fire Stations, Law Enforcement Facilities, Affordable Housing, Medical Services;

• Critical Infrastructure like Drinking Water Facilities, Solid & Hazardous Waste Facilities;

• Natural, Cultural, and Historical Resources like Churches, Cemeteries, Parks and Conservation Areas;

• and Transportation Infrastructure like Roads and Bridges.

The County and Locklear believe this project will be helpful in the planning of future flooding as well as determining the most critical locations within the community for improvements.