INTRODUCTION TO SURVEY:

The Muskegon County Hazard Management Plan is a multi-jurisdictional hazard mitigation plan developed pursuant to the criteria contained in 44CFR Part 201, as authorized by the Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000. This plan is required to maintain eligibility to seek federal funding under the Hazard Mitigation Assistance Grant Program. As Muskegon County is vulnerable to a wide range of natural, technological, and human-related hazards, one of the first steps of building an effective emergency management program is to develop an understanding of those threats. This can be accomplished through the development of a Hazard Analysis. Muskegon County is requesting your assistance with reviewing the Hazard Analysis. Provided in Part 1 are significant hazard events in Muskegon County identified in the Muskegon County Hazard Management Plan prepared in 2015. Part 2 is an outline of the Michigan Hazard Analysis and Part 3 contains a ranking of priorities of hazards within Newaygo County. Please take a few moments to review the following hazard information and provide additions, corrections, and updates to this information. Thank you for your time and contribution to this update of the Muskegon County Hazard Mitigation Plan!
Part 1 - Hazard Identification

Provided below are significant hazard events in Muskegon County identified in the Muskegon County Hazard Management Plan prepared in 2015 which is currently being updated.

Please take a moment to review the following events and provide additions, corrections, and updates to this information.

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* 1. Criminal Incidents (civil disturbance, terrorism, sabotage):

Case: October 2021 The man charged with a homicide that happened inside a Muskegon Heights gas station was in court for a preliminary hearing Wednesday. The alleged incident occurred in October of 2021 where the suspect was caught on camera fighting a man inside the gas station. It is alleged that the suspect shot and killed a 27-year old man.
Case: December 15, 2021 Norton Shores Homicide at the MI Bar. One person was shot and killed, and two others wounded.
Case: March 22, 2022 A man was found dead Tuesday night. The incident happened at Apple Carr Village Trailer Park in Egleston Township. Authorities were called to area around 11:10 p.m. on reports of shots fired. Upon arrival, deputies found a man suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Case: April 2, 2022 Muskegon A 54-year-old man was stabbed outside an apartment building on Terrace Street. The suspect 57, was arrested and charged, but charges were later dropped after he died of natural causes.
Case: April 18, 2022 Laquon Robinson, 31, was shot on Emerald Avenue during an apparent robbery. Months after the shooting, in September, Lenar Lavell Branch, 18, was arrested and charged with open murder.
Case: April 18, 2022 A 20 was shot in his apartment on Glen Oaks Drive during a robbery. Arrests have been made related to the investigation, but no one has yet been charged with the killing. The investigation is still ongoing. Police do not believe there is a connection between the two April 18 homicides.
Case: May 20, 2022 A 44-year-old man was shot and killed during a domestic argument by another individual. The incident occurred on 7th Street. The suspect died by suicide before officers arrived. The case is no longer active.
Case: June 14, 2022 a 15-year-old boy was shot and killed on Catawba Avenue. Police said the incident appears to be a result of negligent handling of a firearm. One subject has been arrested related to the incident.
Case: June 23, 2022, a 63 year old man, was shot and killed in his apartment on Dowd Street. A neighbor was mishandling his firearm causing it to go off. Zylstra was stuck when the bullet entered his apartment. Police suspect the shooting to be unintentional and an arrest has been made.
Case: June 27, 2022, A 36 year old man was shot and killed on Houston Avenue. Two suspects have been arrested related to the shooting.
Case: July 2022, A 43 mother from Norton Shores, is accused of intently torturing her own child, Muskegon County District Judge Maria Ladas Hoopes said in her ruling. That child weighed 69 pounds (31.3 kilograms) when he was found dead in July. A medical examiner determined the boy died from malnourishment and hypothermia.
Case: Sept. 1, 2022, A 44-year-old Muskegon man, who has yet to be publicly identified by police as of Thursday, died in a shooting during a large fight in the 300 block of Amity Avenue. No arrests have been made.
Case: October, 2022, Investigators arrested a 62-year-old man a day after responding to the scene near Laketon Avenue and Getty Street. First-responders found 30-year-old mother of four—dead in her driveway from a gunshot wound to the head.

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* 2. Drought (drought, extreme heat):
-Droughts lasting eight or more months (12): 1895-96, 1899-1900, 1901-02, 1909-11, 1925-26, 1930-31, 1956-57, 1962-63, 1971-72, 1976-77, and 2002-03.

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* 3. Floods (dam failure, shoreline, and riverine, urban):
-August 20 - September 6, 1975: Flooding. Declaration of Major Disaster by President.
-February 21, 1986: Great lakes flooding and wave action. Declaration of disaster by Governor.
-September 10-19, 1986: Flood. Declaration of Major Disaster by President.
-May 18-20, 2000: Flood. $100k property damage, $50k crop damage in Muskegon County.
-May 15-16, 2001: Flood. $500k property and $200k crop damage, southwestern Lower MI.
-May 20-24, 2004: Flood. Declaration of Major Disaster by President.
-April 16- May 14, 2013; Flood. Declaration of Major Disaster by President.
-1986: Record high water level on Lake Michigan.
-2013: Record low water level on Lake Michigan.

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* 4. Fire (structural, scrap, tire):

Structure Fires
Case: October 15, 2020 900 Block S. Livingston
Case: October 16, 2020 Garage Fire Whitehall
Case: December 22, 2020 3400 Block S Getty
Case: January 24, 2021 1600 Block Henry St.
Case: June 14, 2021 Morgan near Broadmoor attic fire.
Case: January 11, 2022 Barn Fire Clime Rd Fruitport
Case: January 14, 2022 Self storage fire 915 E Laketon Muskegon
Case: January 26, 2022 700 Block Franklin Chimney Fire
Case: February 1, 2022 3300 Block of Beechnut mobile home fire
Case: March 15, 2021 3000 Block Eastland

Scrap tire fires
Case: December 31, 2010 – Muskegon County
An early morning fire destroyed a Twin Lake tire business on December 31, 2010 with damage estimates over $325,000.

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* 5. Hazardous materials Incidents (fixed site, transportation, oil/gas well, oil/gas pipeline): There are (insert #) Sara Title III sites within Muskegon County.

Case: January 29, 2020 - Muskegon (Muskegon County) Muskegon fire fighters were called to a hazardous materials spill at a construction site Wednesday afternoon. Crews were building a new event center in downtown Muskegon when they believe they struck an oil well.
Case: August 19, 2020 - Norton Shores (Muskegon County) 372 Randall Rd, Fuel spill from a boat fire.             
Case: August 29, 2020 - Muskegon Twp (Muskegon County) Semi-Tractor accident with fuel leak. A crash in a construction zone with backed up traffic, involved a motorcycle, a semi-tractor trailer and multiple other vehicles. One person died and another was severely injured. The semi-tractor trailer leaked 200 gallons of fuel following the crash.
Case: September 3, 2020 - Norton Shores (Muskegon County) 3139 McCracken, Vehicle accident involving power poles with possible PCBs.                
Case: December 29, 2020 - Norton Shores (Muskegon County) 2860 McCracken, Fire at a Knoll Chemical Facility.
Case: June 23, 2021 - Norton Shores (Muskegon County) Semi-Tractor accident with Fuel Spill. One person injured after crashing a semi-truck into a bridge on US-31 southbound. US-31 southbound was closed between Sherman Boulevard and Airline Highway for several hours due to the crash.

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* 6. Infrastructure Failure (storm/sanitary sewers, water, electrical, and communications systems):
Looking for data.

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* 7. Severe Winter Weather (ice, sleet, snowstorms)
 
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* 8. Thunderstorm Hazards (severe winds, tornadoes, hail, lightning):

Since 1950, Muskegon County has experienced 8 tornadoes causing $78,000 property damage. Two significant tornados in Muskegon County include an F2 in 1965 and an F1 in 1967.  

Other Muskegon County Tornado Events include:
F2 on 09/04/1965 causing $25,000 of property damage in Sullivan Township
F1 on 04/16/1967 causing $3,000 of property damage in Whitehall
EF0 on 11/17/13 causing $50,000 property of damage in Casnovia Township
 
Hail Events

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* 9. Transportation and Mass Casualty Incidents (MCI = 3 or more victims or extra circumstances):

Case: June 23, 2020, Dalton Township Holton Road and Pillon Road. A U.S. Postal Service vehicle was driving north on Holton Road and was waiting to make a left turn near Pillion Road. An SUV rear ended the postal truck, pushing it into the path of a minivan that was driving south. A family was riding in the minivan. One person died in the crash. A total of six children were injured and hospitalized in the crash, two seriously. Three adults were hospitalized.
Case: April 5, 2021, Egelston Township A driver drove off the road hitting two twelve-year-old girls who were riding horses. Two others riding additional horses were missed. Both horses were killed, and both the riders were injured, one seriously.
Case: May 23, 2021, Norton Shores Seven out of the nine occupants of a vehicle were injured in a rollover crash on US 31 south of Airline Road. A van was southbound on US 31 when cars began to brake suddenly in front of them. The driver lost control of the van, which overturned several times in the ditch. Two people were ejected from the van. One of the children who was ejected from the van received a broken leg. Another child suffered a broken arm. The others who were injured received minor cuts and scrapes.
Case: August 30, 2021 Fruitland Township (Muskegon County) Two car crash resulted in injures to a 19-year-old driver and a child in car seat, 38-year-old driver killed.
Case: November 8, 2021, Fruitport township A single vehicle crash at the intersection of S. Sheridan Road and Airline Highway resulted in the death of the driver. Two passengers were hospitalized with injuries.
Case: February 16, 2022, Egelston Township One person died and four were injured in a two-vehicle crash at M-46 (Apple Ave) and Carr Rd.

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* 10. Wildfire:

October 1871: Wildfires. 1.2m acres burned, 200 fatalities, Lower Peninsula.
May-September, 1891: Uncontrollable wildfires across Michigan during the drought of 1891.

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* 11. Other Hazard Events or Comments:
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