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To use the live chat service, visit /fhm/fmx_main.html (just click on the “Live Chat” icon).A FEMA Map Specialist can help identify your community FPA and answer questions about the maps as well. Residents with federally backed mortgages must have flood insurance if their structures are in the Special Flood Hazard Area.Ĭontact your local floodplain administrator (FPA) to review the new flood maps and learn more about your risk of flooding. Flood insurance is available either through a private policy or through the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) for those in communities who participate in the NFIP. Community leaders can use these maps to make informed decisions about building standards and development that will make the community more resilient and lessen the impacts of a flooding event.Īnyone without flood insurance risks uninsured losses to their home, personal property and business. īy understanding flood risks, individuals can decide which insurance option is best for their situation. The current (Effective) and future (Preliminary) Flood Insurance Rate Maps can be viewed at FEMA’s Map Service Center at. Residents are encouraged to examine the maps to determine if they are in a low-to-moderate or high-risk flood zone. During the next six months, a FEMA compliance specialist will work with the community to update each floodplain ordinance and adopt these new flood maps. Summer 2022* - New Flood Insurance Rate Map becomes effective and flood insurance requirements take effect (*estimated).DENTON, Texas – New flood maps have been finalized and will become effective on Sept.27, 2020 - Preliminary DFIRM Community Coordination Meeting to review Preliminary Flood Insurance Rate Map and discuss updates to local floodplain management ordinance and flood insurance. 7, 2020 - Preliminary Flood Insurance Rate Map released. Learn more about your flood insurance options by talking with your insurance agent and visiting. There are cost saving options available for those newly mapped into a high-risk flood zone. Contact a FEMA Map Specialist by telephone toll free, at 1-877-FEMA-MAP (1-87) or by email at homeowner’s insurance policies do not cover flood.Use a live chat service about flood maps at (just click on the “Live Chat” icon).įor more information about the flood maps: The preliminary maps may be viewed online at Alabama’s Flood Map Website,, and on the FEMA Flood Map Changes Viewer. Submit appeals and comments by contacting your local floodplain administrator: Robert Pirando, County Engineer and Floodplain Administrator, Marshall County, (256) 571-7712. Once they are resolved, FEMA will notify communities of the effective date of the final maps. The next step in the mapping process is the resolution of all comments and appeals. If property owners see incorrect information that does not change the flood hazard information-such as a missing or misspelled road name in the Special Flood Hazard Area or an incorrect corporate boundary-they can submit a written comment.Appeals cannot be based on the effects of proposed development projects or development projects that were completed after the start of this flood map update.
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