13 - RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE 2017 LAMAR COUNTY MITIGATION PLAN

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Lamar County Multi- Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan Chapter One Northern Lamar County, above Paris, drains into the Red River, while the southern half drains southeast into the North Sulphur River. Soil types range from a black land clay, which predominates in the southern half of the county, to loamy soils characteristic of the once - wooded areas of the northern part of the county. Mineral resources include limestone and gravel from the Red River and North Sulphur River regions. The major lakes are Lake Pat Mayes, a 5,000 -acre reservoir formed by the impoundment of Sanders Creek in the northern portion of the county during the late 1960s, and Lake Crook, a small reservoir on Pine Creek just north of Paris. Temperatures range from an average high of 94° F in August to an average low of 31° in January. Rainfall averages slightly more than forty-five inches a year. The growing season extends for 228 days.' Major highways include: • !82, U.S. Highway 82 • n U.S. Highway 271 i9 2a State Highway 19 /State Highway 24 Adjacent counties include: • Choctaw County, Oklahoma (north) • Red River County (east) • Delta County (south) • Fannin County (west) • Bryan County, Oklahoma (northwest) As of the census of 20102, there were 49,793 people, 22,520 households, and 13,468 families residing in the county. The population density was 53 people per square mile (20 /km2). Three highly vulnerable population groups were identified that would be more susceptible to hazards events than the general population. Those groups are: • Elderly, persons 65 years of age or older, make up over 16% of the population (http: / /factfinder2.census.gov/ faces /tableservices /jsf /pages /productview.xhtml ?src =bkm k) • Low- income, persons whose income is below the poverty level, make up nearly 16.7% of the population (Census, 2010) • Children, persons 10 years of age or younger make up over 12.9% of the population (Census, 2010) ' http: / /www.tshaonline.org /handbook /online /articles /hc101 2 http: / /quickfacts. census .gov /qfd /states /48/48277.html 9