Cherokee County 2026 Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan Update - Public Risk Assessment Survey

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1. Please choose your affiliation.

County

Municipal

Private Citizen

State

Private Sector, Small Business

COG

Hospital, ISD, Industry

VOAD, NGO

Other

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2. Have you ever experienced a disaster?

Yes

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3. How concerned are you about the possibility of your community being
impacted by a disaster?

Highly Likely - A disaster is probable within the next year or two.

Likely - A disaster is probable within the next 3-5 years.

Occasional - A disaster is possible within the next 5 years.

Unlikely - A disaster is not expected to occur in the next 5 years or more.

Never

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4. Please rank the following hazards based on their greatest to lowest danger to your community.

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5. Is your home or business located in a floodplain?

Yes

I don't know.

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6. If your home or business is located in a floodplain, do you have flood insurance?

Yes

I don't know.

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7. If you do not have flood insurance, why not?

I'm not located in a floodplain.

It's too expensive.

Never thought about it.

I don't need it because I'm elevated.

I don't think it's needed because it never floods where I live.

The flood maps are wrong.

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8. Have you taken any mitigation actions to make your home or community more resistant to damage from natural hazards?

Yes

I'm not sure what a mitigation action really is.

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9. If you have completed a mitigation action before, please choose all that apply.

Cleared debris from ditches

Installed a tornado safe room

Elevated a house so it does not flood

Removed leaves, debris, and duff from the roof and gutters

Made dam repairs

Installed a generator, lightning rods, or warning sirens

Other not listed

Trimmed trees around electrical lines or buried electrical lines.

Insulated pipes

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10. What's the best way for you to receive information about hazard mitigation?

Internet

NOAA Weather Radio

Public Meetings

Mail

Door to door campaigns

Television

School District meetings

Place of religious worship

Newspaper

Fair Grounds, Sporting Events

Social Media

Cherokee County 2026 Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan Update - Public Risk Assessment Survey

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* 1. Please choose your affiliation.

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* 2. Have you ever experienced a disaster?

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* 3. How concerned are you about the possibility of your community being impacted by a disaster?

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* 4. Please rank the following hazards based on their greatest to lowest danger to your community.

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* 5. Is your home or business located in a floodplain?

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* 6. If your home or business is located in a floodplain, do you have flood insurance?

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* 7. If you do not have flood insurance, why not?

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* 8. Have you taken any mitigation actions to make your home or community more resistant to damage from natural hazards?

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* 9. If you have completed a mitigation action before, please choose all that apply.

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* 10. What's the best way for you to receive information about hazard mitigation?

1. Please choose your affiliation.

2. Have you ever experienced a disaster?

3. How concerned are you about the possibility of your community being
impacted by a disaster?

4. Please rank the following hazards based on their greatest to lowest danger to your community.

5. Is your home or business located in a floodplain?

6. If your home or business is located in a floodplain, do you have flood insurance?

7. If you do not have flood insurance, why not?

8. Have you taken any mitigation actions to make your home or community more resistant to damage from natural hazards?

9. If you have completed a mitigation action before, please choose all that apply.

10. What's the best way for you to receive information about hazard mitigation?