"Strengthening local floodplain ordinances could help reduce future risks to life and ... of their property that are in the 100-year floodplain map, and they would be subject to the 2-foot rule ...

For example, an area with a 1% chance of flooding in any given year would ... floodplain maps from over 2,300 counties with data on prior development trends and simulated future development ...

A map shows where in Alaska may be at risk of ... Community planners typically use the 100-year flood plain or record flood levels to guide community expansion. A 100-year flood refers to a ...

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.

But after the neighborhood near Keith Creek in Rockford, Illinois, went through at least its third major flooding event in less than 20 years ... improve maps to project future flood risk.

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 ...

One of the big questions for Hendersonville City Council after Helene is how floods could affect future development.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recently answered some frequently asked questions in a press release: Q: What does a “100-year flood” mean? A: The term “100-year flood” is often used as ...

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 ...