Preliminary Flood Insurance Rate Maps and Flood Insurance Study
King County, Washington The Federal Emergency Management Agency has produced Preliminary Digital Flood Insurance Rate Maps (DFIRMs) and Flood Insurance Study (FIS) for the incorporated and unincorporated areas of King County.
FEMA presented the maps three public meetings held in Auburn, Kent and Renton in January and February 2011. The meetings provided the citizens of King County, and the affected cities, an opportunity to become familiar with new revised preliminary mapping and its 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. Part of the national Map Modernization Program, the new digital maps can be used with geographic information systems. The mapped information is widely used by 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 the county and local communities for floodplain management and permitting purposes. The most current revision of these preliminary maps and study, dated November 6, 2010, show flood hazard zones that are subject to inundation by the base flood (100-year flood) as well as the regulatory floodway. As part of converting the existing paper-based Preliminary Flood Insurance Rate Maps into a digital format, FEMA has revised floodplain areas to include newly updated flood data for the Green River, Cedar River, Springbrook Creek, Mill Creek (Kent), Black River SW 23rd St drainage chanel and Kelsey Creek & West Tributary Kelsey Creek. The index map, map panels, and Flood Insurance Study documents can be viewed using the links below. If you have questions about the Map Modernization Program or the FEMA public meetings, please contact Ted Perkins, FEMA Regional Engineer, 425-487-4684. If you would like information about King County’s floodplain mapping program please contact: |
