While FEMA flood maps are a trusted government resource on flooding, many of the maps are decades old, according to Dean Tarulli, a certified flood plain manager with Tidal Basin Group.

Updated FEMA flood maps coming to York and Cumberland Counties Foley's home falls within a zone that FEMA said faces a small, but significant annual risk of a 100-year-flood.

Simple to use, the World Flood Mapping Tool requires only Internet access to obtain a flood map at 30-meter resolution. The interactive map allows users to select areas of interest in a grid ...

A dramatically expanded flood insurance map from FEMA could add costly premiums to many families’ bottom lines. It is part of the difficult trade-off of resiliency planning, McPhearson said.

A new analysis shows that nearly 70% more properties are actually at substantial risk of flooding in the US than FEMA maps indicate, meaning millions of home owners could be unaware they are at risk.

A map of a section of Kerr County, Texas, where a deadly flood struck on July 4, 2025, compares the FEMA flood map’s 100-year flood zone (red) to First Street’s more detailed 100-year flood ...

New flood maps clarify the risk homeowners face Maps more realistically depict flood zones with less effort, lower costs Date: June 30, 2022 Source: University of Georgia Summary: Flooding in ...

This is where FEMA’s flood maps come to rescue. These government-issued maps show which areas are most at risk, often near rivers, lakes or in low-lying spots.

The current maps show 8.7 million properties are at risk of a 100-year flood, which means those properties has a 1% chance of being flooded in any given year.

A map of a section of Kerr County, Texas, where a deadly flood struck on July 4, 2025, compares the FEMA flood map’s 100-year flood zone (red) to First Street’s more detailed 100-year flood ...