In a letter to Congress, Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment Ellen Lord wrote that the list “includes scoring and weighting of the five climate-related hazards (recurrent flooding, wildfire, drought, desertification and permafrost thaw) based on the immediacy of the threat.”
Permafrost thaw is not a danger to Hill, which is located about 30 miles north of Salt Lake City, but the base was rated high in all of the other categories — both now and over the next 20 years, according to projections.
“We are aware of the report,” said Hill spokesman Donovan Potter, “but at this point we have nothing to add to it.