Flooding is a significant problem in America’s urban areas. However, urban flood hazards are often not included in the national flood hazard mapping program. A joint study between Texas A&M and the University of Maryland, … Continued
Cooperating Technical Partners submit Business Plans (or an update) for each year they are awarded funding for conducting flood hazard mapping. Plans should: Document the capabilities and accomplishments of the partner. Explain the recipient’s vision … Continued
Can a community plan in such a way as to avoid future damaging events and reduce liability exposure? You Bet! The objective of this workshop is to introduce an approach and tools to make a … Continued
A new pair of geodetic datums are set to be produced by NOAA’s National Geodetic Survey (NGS). These datums will modernize the National Spatial Reference System (NSRS) by replacing the North American Datum of 1983 … Continued
Repeatedly flooded properties have cost the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) more than $12.5 billion – roughly half of the program’s $23 billion debt with losses continuing to trend in the wrong direction. This troubling … Continued
Floodways, the portion of a floodplain with moving water during a flood event, are useful tools for regulating development in a floodplain. In a regulatory floodway, FEMA allows some development in the natural floodway if … Continued
The Federal Emergency Management Agency updates their guidance documents annually – with final guidance published in November each year. With 2 dimensional engineering models becoming more common there is a need to update FEMA’s guidance … Continued
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has a process for revising Flood Insurance Rate Maps. A Letter of Map Revision (LOMR) is FEMA’s official modification to an effective Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM). Coastal LOMRs … Continued
Proposed encroachments into a floodway are only allowed if the encroachment will not cause an increase in flood elevations. To assist local governments in North Carolina, the state has developed a guidance and review process … Continued
CHARM or the Community, Health and Resource Management tool provides instant feedback to community planning options. CHARM helps communities see how planning decisions made today will impact tomorrow’s community through a participatory mapping approach with … Continued