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<br />s C:nL),l \,L L ~'~~l <br /> <br />City of San Marcos I <br /> 1990 2000 2010 2020 <br />Population 28,743 34,733 50,000 75,000 <br />Housing Units 11,050 13,350 19,200 28,800 <br />Fire Stations* 3 4 7 8 <br />Hospitals* 2 2 3 4 <br />Nursing Homes* 4 5 8 12 <br />Schools 8 12 18 24 <br />Universities I ] I 2 <br />Commercial/Industrial 410 500 720 1,100 <br />* Critical Facilities <br /> <br />The population and facilities (existing and future) impacted are summarized in the tables above <br />and the associated risk assessments are included in Attachment "D". <br /> <br />3.2 Structures that have Received Flood Insurance Claims. <br /> <br />Based on Table 6, "NFIP Policies and Claims Information for Hays County", there have been I <br />554 paid flood insurance policy claims in Hays County for a total of $6,587,192 for an average <br />paid flood insurance claim of $] 1,890. Based on NFIP records since 1978, there have been 55 <br />substantial damage (flood insurance) claims in Hays County. A substantial damage claim is a <br />claim that exceeds 50% of the structural value of the insured property or building. <br /> <br />3.3 Plan and Procedures for Warning and Evacuation <br /> <br />Interstate Highway 35 (lH-35) is the primary north-south evacuation route for the Texas Gulf <br />Coast and the Texas Hill Country. IH-35 connects to east-west evacuation routes (ill-20 and <br />IH-30) in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. The need to evacuate Hays County is highly unlikely; <br />however, in the event of a national disaster there would be direction provided by the <br />Governor's Office, the Governor's Division of Emergency Management and the Texas <br />Department of Transportation as recently experienced in the mass evacuation during Hurricane <br />Rita. In the event of a transportation accident or HAZMA T incident along the IH-35 corridor in <br />hays County, there could be an evacuation and rerouting of IH-35 traffic to the east and west <br />out of Hays County. <br /> <br />3.4 Critical Facilities <br /> <br />Critical facilities in Hays County were identified by the Hays County Mitigation Planning I <br />Committee and located on Figures 2.] through 2.4. Due to the confidentiality of "Critical <br />Facility" infornlation, the listing of Critical Facilities and Hays County GIS mapping locating <br />them, is included in Plan Attachment "C" which is not intended for public release. The flood <br /> <br />Hays County, Texas <br />Mitigation Plan <br /> <br />97 <br />