More FEMA Flood Risk Map Proposals Out for Community Input
Published Date: 4/17/2025
Notice
Summary
FEMA is updating flood risk maps for certain communities, which could change flood zones and rules for flood insurance. If you live in or manage one of these areas, you might see new flood rules that affect insurance and building plans. You’ve got until July 16, 2025, to share your thoughts before these changes become official.
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Proposed flood-zone changes in specific Missouri towns
FEMA proposes changes to flood maps for parts of Texas County (Project 19-07-0074S; Preliminary Date: September 12, 2024) and Webster County (Project 20-07-0039S; Preliminary Date: September 30, 2024), including changes to Base Flood Elevations (BFE), base flood depth, Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA) boundaries or zone designations, or regulatory floodways. If you own or manage property in the listed cities (Cabool, Houston, Licking, Summersville, Plato, Raymondville, Marshfield, Rogersville, Seymour, and unincorporated areas of those counties), these map changes may change local flood rules that apply to insurance and building plans.
Communities must adopt floodplain rules to keep NFIP status
FEMA states the Preliminary Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) and Flood Insurance Study (FIS) report are the basis of floodplain management measures that a community is required to adopt or show evidence of having in effect in order to qualify or remain qualified for participation in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). That means the listed communities must take specified actions tied to the new maps to meet NFIP requirements.
You can inspect maps and submit comments by July 16, 2025
Preliminary FIRMs and, where applicable, the FIS reports for the listed communities are available online at https://hazards.fema.gov/femaportal/prelimdownload and the current effective maps at https://msc.fema.gov. You (or your community) may submit comments on the proposed determinations identified by Docket No. FEMA-B-2518 on or before July 16, 2025.
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