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Table 3.55. Consequence Analysis: Expansive Soils
Subject Ranking Impacts/Expansive Soils
Health and Safety of Persons in the
Area of the Incident Minimal Minimal impact.
Responders Minimal Minimal impact.
Minimal expectation for utilization of the
COOP unless facility structures have
Continuity of Operations
Property, Facilities, and
Infrastructure
Delivery of Services
Environment
Economic Conditions
Public Confidence in Jurisdiction’s
Governance
Minimal
Minimal to Moderate
Minimal
Moderate
Minimal to Moderate
Minimal
extensive damage.
Localized impact could be moderate as it
relates to property, facilities, and
infrastructure. Expansive soils could cause
structural integrity to be lost, and
roadways, railways, etc., to buckle.
Delivery of services could be impacted if
roadways, railways, and all other
infrastructure is impacted (minimal).
Expansive soils could cause moderate
damage to the environment, particularly
dams, levees, watersheds, etc.
The impact to the economy is with the
rebuilding of the property, facility, and
infrastructure issues that expansive soils
cause. During years of drought and
extreme rain events the damage could be
moderate.
Confidence will be dependent on
development trends and mitigation efforts
at reducing the effect of expansive soils on
new construction and roadways (minimal).
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