Key Points on Buying Land with a Floodplain1. Floodplain Mapping:Not all floodplain maps are available on GIS.Adjacent ...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency is currently undergoing a mapping project in Box Butte County, Nebraska to provide up-to-date flood risk information for the county. The open house is scheduled ...

New flood maps have been finalized and will become effective on May 26, 2026, for Shelby County, Texas. Residents with federally backed mortgages must have flood insurance if their structures are in ...

Making and maintaining an accurate flood map is neither simple nor inexpensive. Even after an investment of more than $1 billion to take flood maps into the digital world, only 21 percent of the ...

City officials took the first step in replacing Chapter 29 of the city code with flood-safety rules that would require buildings in a floodplain to have safe access during times of flooding, among ...

Dave Mostrom, owner of land-surveying firm Mostrom & Associates, flips through a stack of FEMA flood maps on a desk at the Mostrom & Associates office. Mostrom has maps dating back years, as well as ...

When the rain comes in South Florida, the frantic flooding complaints quickly follow to mayors, commissioners, public works departments, just about whoever will listen. Like this: “How is it possible ...

After years of back and forth, new flood maps with major implications for property owners’ land values, insurance rates and building costs along a watershed stretching from Santa Rosa to Rohnert Park ...

Wisconsinites affected by historic August flooding have until Nov. 12 to apply for FEMA's Individual Assistance program. The flooding caused at least two deaths, power outages, and widespread damage ...