Rural Digitization Capstone
May 2015
December 2014
Digital Mapping Existed For:
- 16 Western Counties
- 20 Eastern Counties
Digitized Risk = 683.55 mi2
No Digital Mapping For:
- 13 Western Counties
- 15 Eastern Counties
April 2015
- 13 Western Counties Mapped
- 8 Eastern Counties; 5 In Progress; 2 Not On FEMA Site
Creation of Mapped Shapefiles:
- Flood Hazard Area
- BFEs
- Panels
- Edge Match (QC)
Additional Identified Risk = 97.87 mi2
Digital SFHA Availability
Results
Now that the floodplains are digitized, and are FEMA’s regulatory standards, let’s use them as effective!
Next Steps
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How can we encourage communities to be responsible for their floodplains and submit LOMRs to FEMA as needed?
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Need an advocate!
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5 eastern counties ~55 panels + 3 LOMRs (Custer, Huerfano, Crowley, Otero, Bent)
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1 western county ~46 panels + 7 LOMRs (Rio Blanco)