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The FIRM is the basis for floodplain management, mitigation, and insurance
activities for the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). Insurance applications include
enforcement of the mandatory purchase requirement of the Flood Disaster Protection Act,
which "... requires the purchase of flood insurance by property owners who are being
assisted by Federal programs or by Federally supervised, regulated or insured agencies or
institutions in the acquisition or improvement of land facilities located or to be located in
identified areas having special flood hazards," Section 2 (b) (4) of the Flood Disaster
Protection Act of 1973. In addition to the identification of Special Flood Hazard Areas
(SFHAs), the risk zones shown on the FIRMs are the basis for the establishment of
premium rates for flood coverage offered through the NFIP.
This database has been created by digitizing data from georeferenced paper FIRM maps and adding information from FIS where available. All FIRMs were georeferenced at a 1:4000 scale or finer. This data should be used as a reference layer, not as an authoritative source. |
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The FIRM is the basis for floodplain management, mitigation, and insurance
activities for the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). Insurance applications include
enforcement of the mandatory purchase requirement of the Flood Disaster Protection Act,
which "... requires the purchase of flood insurance by property owners who are being
assisted by Federal programs or by Federally supervised, regulated or insured agencies or
institutions in the acquisition or improvement of land facilities located or to be located in
identified areas having special flood hazards," Section 2 (b) (4) of the Flood Disaster
Protection Act of 1973. In addition to the identification of Special Flood Hazard Areas
(SFHAs), the risk zones shown on the FIRMs are the basis for the establishment of
premium rates for flood coverage offered through the NFIP.
This database has been created by digitizing data from georeferenced paper FIRM maps and adding information from FIS where available. All FIRMs were georeferenced at a 1:4000 scale or finer. This data should be used as a reference layer, not as an authoritative source. |
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<DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>The hardcopy Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) and the accompanying Flood Insurance Studies (FISs) are the official designation of SFHAs and Base Flood Elevations (BFEs) for the NFIP. For the purposes of the NFIP, changes to the flood risk information published by FEMA may only be performed by FEMA and through the mechanisms established in the NFIP regulations (44 CFR Parts 59-78). These digital data are produced in conjunction with the hardcopy FIRMs and generally match the hardcopy map exactly. However, the hardcopy flood maps and flood profiles are the authoritative documents for the NFIP. </SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Section 11 of FEMA's "Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) Database Technical Reference: Preparing Flood Insurance Rate Map Databases (Nov. 2022)" document contains a detailed description of each attribute code and a reference to other relevant information.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN /><A href="https://www.fema.gov:443/flood-maps/guidance-reports/guidelines-standards/technical-references-flood-risk-analysis-and-mapping" STYLE="text-decoration:underline;"><SPAN>https://www.fema.gov/flood-maps/guidance-reports/guidelines-standards/technical-references-flood-risk-analysis-and-mapping</SPAN></A></P><P><A href="https://www.fema.gov:443/sites/default/files/documents/fema_firm-database-technical-reference_112022.pdf" STYLE="text-decoration:underline;"><SPAN>https://www.fema.gov/sites/default/files/documents/fema_firm-database-technical-reference_112022.pdf</SPAN></A></P></DIV></DIV></DIV> |
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<DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>The hardcopy FIRM and DFIRM and the accompanying FISs are the official designation of SFHAs and Base Flood Elevations (BFEs) for the NFIP. For the purposes of the NFIP, changes to the flood risk information published by FEMA may only be performed by FEMA and through the mechanisms established in the NFIP regulations (44 CFR Parts 59-78). These digital data are produced in conjunction with the hardcopy FIRMs and generally match the hardcopy map exactly. However the hardcopy flood maps and flood profiles are the authoritative documents for the NFIP. Acknowledgement of FEMA would be appreciated in products derived from these data.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>The Idaho Department of Water Resources is making this data available as a public service. The Idaho Department of Water Resources strives to ensure that all technical data and other information made available to the public is accurate, complete and in conformance with the Idaho Public Records Act. </SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Neither the Department of Water Resources nor the State of Idaho, however, assumes any legal responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of the information contained on this site. </SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Persons using information from this site for official purposes, or other purposes, for which accuracy and completeness are required, are hereby notified that they should first verify the information with the public records or other primary sources from which the information was obtained. </SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV> |
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["FEMA Flood Hazard Zone","DFIRM Database","DFIRM","Special Flood Hazard Area","Digital Flood Insurance Rate Map","NFIP","Base Flood Elevation","SFHA","Flood Insurance Rate Map","FIRM","Floodway"] |
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