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August
5, 2009
FEMA
Open House
August 20, 2009 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Jackson County Library
205 S. Central Avenue, Medford
Interested
persons are invited to attend an Open House on Thursday,
August 20, 2009 from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the
Jackson County Library, located at 205 S. Central
Avenue in Medford, Oregon. Representatives from Jackson
County, Oregon Land Conservation and Development (DLCD),
the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Northwest
Hydraulic Consultants, Inc (NHC), and local communities
will be on hand to discuss a Flood Insurance Study
revision recently completed in Jackson County, Oregon
and incorporated areas.
The
purpose of the Open House is to provide an opportunity
for officials and the citizens of Jackson County and
incorporated cities to become familiar with the new
digital maps and their role as the primary regulatory
tool used under the National Flood Insurance Program
(NFIP) and the insurance industry to regulate floodplain
development and rate flood insurance policies.
The
people most directly affected by the issuance of this
study and those owning property and/or living in the
identified flood hazard areas.
During
the Open House, staff will be available to address
mapping, insurance issues, and regulatory requirements
established by the NFIP. The DLCD will have representatives
in attendance to address flood protection standards
and state programs. Information on mitigation techniques
for homeowners to help reduce future flood damage
will be provided. Agency floodplain and/or building
and zoning staff and engineers will be available to
answer questions about local flood protection and
permit requirements.
This revision was prepared through a partnership between
the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal
Emergency Management Agency and NHC. This revision
updates the Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) showing
the area that would be inundated by the one percent
annual chance flood (Base Flood or 100-year flood)
Changes
in this revision include new geo-spatial digital data
for use with local Geographic Information Systems
(GIS). The maps will provide countywide coverage noting
new or revised political boundaries. The maps will
also use a new vertical datum projection based on
NAVD 88 and follow a map panel layout based on the
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) 7.5 minute quadrangle
map grid.
The
hydrologic and hydraulic analyses were revised on
Daisy, Elk, Griffin, Horn, Jackson and Mingus Creeks
within the City of Central Point and where appropriate
and available, topographic data and aerial photography
were used to adjust floodplain and floodway boundaries
for the remaining flooding sources.
These
new geo-spatially referenced digital maps will be
used by federally-regulated lending institutions and
insurance agents in determining who must purchase
flood insurance and the cost of that insurance should
it be necessary. In addition, the maps will be used
by city and county officials for floodplain management
and permitting purposes.
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