Recognizing your Personal Risk
National Flood Insurance Program Maps
- Nebraska Interactive Floodplain Maps – NDNR
The NDNR tool provides a graphical tool to identify your flood zone
- FEMA Map Service Center – FEMA
The official FEMA FIRM map clearing house
- Flood Map Mobile
Flood Map Mobile provides information to your Smartphone or Tablet.
Hazard Mitigation Plans
- State of Nebraska Hazard Mitigation Plan - NEMA
This document identifies recognized hazards of many types throughout Nebraska; specifically Section 3 of the document can be used to identify your hazard types.
- Regional All Hazard Mitigation Plans - NRD
Many of Nebraska's Natural Resource Districts have developed regional All Hazard Mitigiton Plans.
Flood Risk Infrastructure
Maintentance of flood risk infrastructure is key in maintaining the risk reduction provided by dams and levees. Living behind levees or downstream of a dam provides a unique type of risk.
- National Levee Database (NLD) – USACE
The NLD is a database of levees which were constructed by USACE or are involved in the USACE PL 84-99 program (not all levees are presented in this database).
- Nebraska Dam Safety Program – NDNR
Other Data Sources
- Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service - NWS
The AHPS provides current and historic infomation about flood stages at 259 sites througout Nebraska
- Ice Jams - Ice Jams create naural dams which cause localized flooding.
Ice Jam flooding is characterized by rapildy increasing river stages that can be significantly higher than normal.
Local Resources
- Local Floodplain Administrator – NDNR
Floodplain management is a requirement of the local government and is supported by state, and federal agencies. The following link can help you identify your local government contact.
- County Emergency Manager
- Natural Resource Districts
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| The Nebraska Department of Natural Resource Online Interactive Floodplain Maps provide state wide identification of Special Flood Hazard Areas. |
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