Hazard Mitigation Planning

The purpose of the All-Hazard Mitigation Plans are to devise and retain a strategy to reduce the impact of risks posed by disastrous natural events, such as tornadoes, ice storms, and floods. The plans must be updated by the counties and approved by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) every five years in order for the county and its jurisdictions to remain eligible for FEMA funding for current and ongoing hazard mitigation projects.

For additional information, or if you have a potential mitigation project, contact the SCOCOG offices at (417) 256-4226.

Oregon County Hazard Mitigation Plan 2021 Update -
​PUBLIC REVIEW OF DRAFT PLAN:


​Currently Approved Hazard Mitigation Plans

The links below will start a download for each county's plan. The files are large and downloading may take several minutes, depending on your connection.

COMMUNITY STORM SIREN LOCATION AND CONDITIONS REPORT

SCOCOG was awarded a CDBG Planning grant to engage in Strategic Hazard Mitigation Planning throughout the region. As part of this planning program, SCOCOG staff surveyed and mapped all community storm sirens in the seven county South Central Ozark region.

The dispersed population of the Missouri Ozarks makes it difficult, if not impossible, to achieve blanket coverage of siren warning systems. However, planning projects like this gives communities and counties the opportunity to strategically locate future storm sirens and target capital investments where the vulnerability is greatest.

Click the icon to view a PDF of the Siren Report: 
South Central Ozark Community Storm Siren Report
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City of West Plains Receives Grant Award
LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND
GRANT AWARD ANNOUNCEMENT


The National Park Service is pleased to provide you with the following information on a Land and Water Conservation Fund grant award that is ready for public release.
The LWCF State & Local Assistance Program provides matching grants for local and state park projects outside national park boundaries.  LWCF grants are locally determined and competed at the state level through a process designed and managed by our state partners. These grants help build and protect a "seamless system of parks" from back-yard to back-country.
Since 1965, the National Park Service has provided more than 40,000 LWCF grants to states and local communities. LWCF funding is separate from NPS operational appropriations and comes primarily from off-shore oil lease revenue through annual congressional appropriation.
Date of Award:  September 8, 2021                                                   Grant No:  29-01726
Amount of Grant Award (Federal Share):  $250,000          
Total Project Cost: $510,000
Project Title: Butler All-inclusive Children’s Park
Project Sponsor and Address:
City of West Plains
1910 Holiday Lane
West Plains, MO 65775

Scope of the Grant:
Butler All-Inclusive Children's Park -  Construction of a new All-Inclusive Playground with safety surfacing in the middle of the Park, and 5' wide 2004' long ADA walkway throughout the Park. The City of West Plains is not entitled to reimbursement for, or use as match, costs incurred prior to the award of this Agreement. Costs incurred prior to the award of this agreement are not allowable.
 
For further information, please contact:
Name of Staff Contact:                     Patti Reed, Missouri State Parks Office             
Telephone No: 573-751-8661          
  
The Land and Water Conservation Fund grants-in-aid program provides matching grants to States and through States to local units of government for the acquisition and development of public parks.