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FORWARD LANDFILL NON-WATER CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN not located in an area of wildfire threats. Therefore, it can be assumed that the landfill falls under the low risk due to the surrounding agriculture land and creeks. However, a study of the 50 feet surrounding the landfill must be taken into account. As stated above, the north and northwest sides of the landfill are bounded by the relocated North Fork of South Little Johns Creek, and the creek is wider than 50 feet. The east side of the Landfill has a perimeter access road that runs adjacent to Austin Road, and the combination of the two is also wider than 50 feet. To the south and southwest, the Landfill is bounded by the South Fork of South Little Johns Creek and farmland (see Figure 1). Therefore, it is concluded that there is little potential wildfire threat within 50 feet of Forward Landfill. The existing JTD for the Forward Landfill contains control measures related to fires and firefighting. The JTD includes a Health and Safety Plan, which includes a Fire Prevention Plan component. The potential for impacts from fire is considered to have been addressed and is outside of the definition of the reasonably foreseeable impact. 4.4 FLOODING IMPACTS 4.4.1 Introduction ® CalRecycle's BMPs require the evaluation of the flood causal event. The section must show the location of the landfill from the 500-year flood zone, shown as Zone C or X(unshaded area) on a flood map, if available. If the 500-year flood zone covers the refuse disposal area, the evaluation should analyze the predicted elevation of the flood waters to the landfill perimeter. If the predicted elevation covers the landfill, the flood event should be analyzed and assessed for potential erosion and saturation of the landfill due to the force of moving or standing water. Forward Landfill is located between the North Fork and the South Fork of the South Littlejohns Creek. Based on the Federal Emergency Management Agency(FEMA) Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRM) for the San Joaquin Valley, the Forward Landfill is located within four FIRM Panels: 0490F; 0495F; 063017; and, 0635F (see Appendix A). Figure 9 presents the landfill's property boundary, limit of waste, and realignment of the North Fork of South Littlejohns Creek overlain on the FIRM map with associated flood zone areas. From the FIRM Legend, the majority of the landfill is located within"Zone X", which are areas determined to be outside the 0.2 percent annual chance floodplain. The area east of Austin Road at the North Fork of South Littlejohns Creek is labeled as "Zone AO, (Depth 1)", which are areas with flood depths of one to three feet. This information was factored into both the North Fork(existing realignment) and the South Fork(the future realignment) of the South Littlejohns Creek relocation design. M:\2011-012&NWFA REPORT.DOCX 17 Geo-Logic Associates