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How To Find Your Home On FEMA’s Flood Insurance Rate Maps

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Flooding Map: Is it Important? FEMA’s Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) are issued after a flood risk assessment has been completed or updated for a community.  This study is known as a Flood Insurance Study.  The FIRM shows the Base Flood Elevations (BFEs) and insurance risk zones in addition to floodplain boundaries.  The FIRM may also show a delineation of the regulatory floodway. Once the “insurance risk zone”  (commonly referred to as the flood zone) is determined, actuarial rates, based on these risk zones, are then applied for newly constructed, substantially approved, and substantially damaged buildings.  FEMA uses these … Continue reading →

Estimate The Costs Of Flood Damage To Your Home

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The tool below allows you to calculate the costs of flood damage. Select a home size that approximates yours and then slide the blue button up or down for the expected depth of flooding. The tool will then show you an approximate costs of flood damage incurred.  To avoid paying the costs of flood damage, have your property surveyed by a licensed land surveying. Call Huntsville Land Surveying TODAY for a free flood risk assessment of your home. We will review the flooding maps in your area and advise whether we recommend a flood survey. CALL US TODAY at … Continue reading →

Flooding From Excessive Rain Downstream From Earth Dams

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An article from the Daily Republic in South Dakota talks about an earthen dam that recently failed there due to a 9-inch rainfall event on July 29th of this year. This rainfall event “overwhelmed its capacity” causing the failure of the earth dam.  There was no report of injury downstream of the dam. This dam was built in 1935, as were a number of them during the Work Programs after the Great Depression.  A Department of Game, Fish and Parks Engineer said that they “were satisfied with the condition of the dam” during inspections in 2007 and again in … Continue reading →