This page provides information concerning the following:
Overview of Project in State
As indicated on the project summary page, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is working with State agencies, regional entities, and communities to update coastal flood hazard information and produce new digital Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) and accompanying Flood Insurance Study (FIS) reports in the Southeastern United States. In North Carolina, the new coastal engineering analyses may affect the following counties:
- Beaufort
- Bertie
- Brunswick
- Carteret
- Chowan
- Craven
- Currituck
- Dare
- Gates
- Hertford
- Hyde
- New Hanover
- Onslow
- Pamlico
- Pasquotank
- Pender
- Perquimans
- Tyrrell
- Washington
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Project Team Information
The project team for the coastal analysis and mapping effort in North Carolina is composed of skilled professionals from the following organizations:
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Community Contact Information
As with other similar projects undertaken by FEMA and partners in support of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), the primary community contacts are the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Floodplain Administrator (FPA).
The CEO is an elected official of a community (e.g., Mayor, City or Town Manager, Board of County Commissioners Chair or Chairman, County Manager) who has the authority to implement and administer laws, ordinances, and regulations for that community.
The FPA is the community official who is responsible for implementing and enforcing floodplain management measures and for monitoring floodplain development. Floodplain management is the operation of a program of corrective and preventative measures for reducing flood damage, including, but not limited to, emergency preparedness plans, flood-control works, and floodplain management regulations.
The CEO and FPA names generally are available on the community Websites.
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Coastal Study Contact Information
Please visit the Coastal Study Contacts page for information on who to contact at FEMA, NCEM, and NCFMP regarding the coastal engineering analysis and remapping effort. For additional information, please visit the NCFMP Website and click on the "Contact" button on the left-hand side of the page.
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Status and Location of Revised Flood Hazard Maps
To determine the status of the FIRMs and FIS reports for the affected communities, interested parties should visit the NCFPM Website at http://www.ncfloodmaps.com/status.htm. To view the Preliminary versions of the FIRMs, please visit the NCFMP Website at http://floodmaps.nc.gov/fmis/.
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Available Resources
FEMA has designed stakeholder pages to identify resources that should be useful to certain interested parties. Links to the stakeholder pages appear on the left-hand side of each Web page.
Through the Coastal Study Resources page, visitors can access an array of materials developed by FEMA, other Federal agencies, State and regional mapping partners, communities, professional associations, and other organizations.
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