Mississippi Flood Zone Map 2020

Fema is accepting comments from all stakeholders, including state, local, tribal, and territorial (sltt) governments, other recipients/subrecipients, and industry partners regarding the general applicability public interest waiver of the build america, buy america act (babaa) requirements applicable to fema federal financial assistance programs. Mississippi coastal riskmap map (30.1 mb) mississippi coastal riskmap report (46.0 mb) county seat: The new flood elevations and enlarged flood zone — issues that have been discussed since hurricane katrina — will take effect in may 2009.

The 2020 image was collected as that streamgage height measured 32.41 feet, in a march that saw less water overall moving south through the mississippi than in the. At a minimum, flood maps show flood risk zones and their boundaries, and may also show floodways and base. To help limit the severity of floods and resulting damages, a building permit must first be obtained any time development is to take place within hattiesburg.

The building permit office furnishes flood insurance rate map (firm) information.

Click on a state to learn more about the types of flooding experienced there and how residents can protect their lives and property. Additional flood insurance data for a site, such as the firm zone, and the base flood elevation or depth as shown on the. The fema flood map service center (msc) is the official public source for flood hazard information produced in support of the national flood insurance program (nfip). Provide online firm (or fema flood maps) on the webmapping page.