2020 Kern County Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan
The Kern MJHMP, including Volume 1 and 47 Annexes, were approved by FEMA on April 9, 2021. Some jurisdictions’ HMPs, referred to as “Wave Two,” were approved by FEMA on October 14, 2021, and retain the same approval date for plan expiration of April 9, 2021.
Click below to view Volume 1 of the County’s 2020 Multi-Jurisdiction Hazard Mitigation Plan. As the “umbrella” plan, Volume 1 provides a significant amount of detail and explanation of methods, and profiles hazards specific to Unincorporated parts of the County.
Volume 2 explains the process and categorization of producing annexes and provides a navigation tool to explore materials for each of the 47 participating jurisdictions. Click below to view Volume 2.
Municipal
- City of Arvin
- City of Bakersfield
- City of California City
- City of Delano
- City of Maricopa
- City of Ridgecrest
- City of Shafter
- City of Taft
- City of Tehachapi
- City Of Wasco
The City of McFarland has its own active Hazard Mitigation Plan, separate from this MJHMP, that explores vulnerabilities and mitigation.
Special Districts
- Arvin CSD
- Bear Valley Community Services District
- East Niles CSD
- Mojave Air and Space Port
- NRRPD
- Rosamond CSD
- Shafter RPD
- Stallion Springs CSD
- Tehachapi Valley RPD
School Districts
- Bakersfield City School District
- Buttonwillow Union School District
- Kern Community College District
- Kern High School District
- Lost Hills Union School District
- Mojave Unified School District
- Richland School District
- Sierra Sands Unified School District
- Taft City School District
- Tehachapi Unified School District
Water Districts
- Arvin-Edison Water Storage District
- Berrenda Mesa Water District
- Buttonwillow County Water District
- Cawelo Water District
- Ford City-Taft Heights
- Golden Hills CSD
- Greenfield County Water District
- Kern County Water Agency
- Kern Delta Water District
- Kern Sanitation Authority
- Kern Tulare Water District
- Lost Hills Water District
- North of River Sanitary District
- North of the River Municipal Water District
- Semitropic Water Storage District
- Tehachapi-Cummings County Water District
- West Kern Water District
- Wheeler Ridge-Maricopa Water Storage District
Jurisdictional Adoption Resolutions
All jurisdictional adoption resolutions are available below.
FEMA Approval Letters
FEMA approved the County MJHMP on April 9, 2021. FEMA issued a separate approval letters for Wave One and Wave Two jurisdictional annexes. All approval letters are available below.