Mapping, Flood Insurance, and Floodplain Management
Mapping
- Risk MAP Fact Sheet (PDF)
- Map Modernization – A Powerful Tool for Risk Management (PDF)
- Understanding Flood Map Modernization: Using Preliminary Flood Hazard Maps (PDF)
- Understanding Flood Map Modernization: Using Preliminary Flood Hazard Maps – Spanish Version (PDF)
- Vertical Datum: New Mapping Studies Convert to Updated Vertical Datum (FEMA Library - PDF)
- How To Measure Elevations To NAVD88 (PDF)
- Flood Hazard Zones (PDF)
- Understanding Zone D – A Fact Sheet for Stakeholders (PDF)
- Notice to Users Description (PDF)
- Recommended Items for Community Review of Preliminary FIRM/FIS (PDF)
- Appeals, Revisions, and Amendments to the National Flood Insurance Program Maps: A Guide for Community Officials (FEMA Library)
- How to Print Full Size Flood Maps from FEMA’s FIRMette Desktop Application (PDF)
Letter of Map Change Guidance Documents
- How to File a LOMR or LOMA (PDF)
- Out-As-Shown LOMA (PDF)
- How to Request a Letter of Map Amendment or Letter of Map Revision Base on Fill (PDF)
Flood Insurance
- Flood Insurance and the Grandfathering Rule (PDF)
- Saving on Flood Insurance: Information About the NFIP’s Grandfathering Rule (FEMA Library - PDF)
- Understanding Flood Map Modernization – Flood Insurance and The Grandfathering Rule (PDF)
- Understanding Flood Map Modernization – Flood Insurance and the Grandfathering Rule – Spanish Version(PDF)
Floodplain Management
- Community Rating System (PDF)
- Joining the Community Rating System (PDF)
- Community Rating System Application (Expires August 31, 2010) (PDF)
General Information