That’s when the city’s new 100-year floodplain map that has been in the works since 2008 will officially take effect, city officials announced Tuesday. The new Federal Emergency Management ...

officials in Montevideo are hoping to complete the certification of the city’s levee so that the new maps can show the area that the improved levee protects from a 100-year flood event.

MISHAWAKA — The city wants to build a music pavilion on Kamm Island, but the site is located in a federal floodplain map.

A: The term “100-year flood” is often used as an attempt to simplify the definition of a flood that statistically has a 1-percent chance of occurring in any given year. Likewise, the term ...

GRAFTON, N.D. – The Grafton Flood Risk Reduction Project, a project to divert the Park River and stop overland flooding, has officially removed Grafton from the 100-year floodplain. On Jan. 19 ...

1. Scope of Floodplain. The 100-year floodplain exists along one side of the proposed wireless access project. Approximately 5065 square feet in located on the edge of the property line. The ...

The remapping effort focuses on updating the FEMA Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRM) to reflect the 1 percent risk (100-year) flood risks around Swan Lake. This update replaces outdated maps that ...