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• Homeowners & Businesses
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Floodplain Management Program

Publications

• Maine Floodplain Management Handbook

• State of Maine Risk MAP Business Plan, December 2011

  Maine’s large geographic area and relatively small population presents a substantial challenge for floodplain mapping. At the inception of the program floodplain mapping was accomplished through interviews with knowledgeable people in communities and based on local memories and evidence of flooding. Using large scale maps the floodplain delineations were meant to indicate general areas where flooding was suspected to happen. FEMA began this process in 2004 with the Map Modernization effort and is now embarking on the Risk MAP program.

  • Executive Summary of Risk Map Business Plan
  • Complete Risk Map Business Plan (PDF, 7.9MB)
• 5-Year Floodplain Management Work Plan (PDF)

This plan is a requirement for the state of Maine under FEMA’s community assistance program grant. It is intended to show the relationship of Maine’s community assistance activities and resource allocation to achieving the flood loss prevention goals of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) and to identify gaps that may prevent effective flood management in Maine (May 2010)

• Report on the Pilot Project for Advanced Floodplain Mapping
  
• Interagency Cooperation for Floodplain Mapping to the Joint Natural Resources Committee
• Moving to Digital Fact Sheet
• Maine Floodplain Managment Handbook
• Maine River Basin Report
  • Full Report (PDF, 9.3MB) Appendices (PDF, 4.9MB)

    • Index (PDF, 293KB)

    • Chapter 1 (PDF, 298KB)

    • Chapter 2 (PDF, 298KB)

    • Chapter 3 (PDF, 298KB)

    • Chapter 4 (PDF, 298KB)

    • Chapter 5 (PDF, 298KB)

    • Chapters 6 and 7 (PDF, 298KB)

    • Chapters 8 and 9 (PDF, 298KB)

    • Chapters 10 - 12 (PDF, 298KB)

• Coastal Erosion Assessment for Maine FIRMs and Map Modernization Plan July 2, 2003
  

FEMA Floodplain Information

Mapping

• Mapping Information Platform
• FEMA’s Map Service Center
• Making a FIRMette (mini Flood Insurance Rate Map)
• How to Make FIRMette Using Map Search
• Instructions for Using Map Search
• Flood Hazard Mapping
• Flood Map Modernization- Cooperating Technical Partners (CTP) Program
• Moving to Digital Fact Sheet

Community Assistance

• National Flood Insurance Program
• Answers to Question About the NFIP
• Myths and Facts about the NFIP
• Are You Ready? An In-depth Guide to Citizen Preparedness

Local Officials

• Plan and Prevent
• Recover and Rebuild
• Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration
• Coastal Construction Manual
• HAZUS MH
• How to Create a HAZUS User Group
• In Action- The Pre-Disaster Mitigation Grant Program
• Multi-Hazard Mitigation Planning Guidance under the Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000
• Repetitive Flood Claims (RFC) & Severe Repetitive Loss (SRL) Programs

Funding Sources

• Flood Mitigation Assistance Program
• In Action- The Pre-Disaster Mitigation Grant Program

 

Featured Links

Best Available Data for A Zone Areas

Ordinances

Maine Floodplain Management Handbook

Inter-Agency Reviews

Disaster Assistance

contacts

To contact the FEMA Region I office in Boston,
please call (617)832-4761 or write:
FEMA Region I
Federal Insurance and Mitigation Division
99 High Street 6th Floor
Boston, MA 02110-2132

Maine Floodplain Management Program
Department of Conservation
93 SHS/Williams Pavilion
17 Elkins Lane
Augusta, Maine 04333-0038

Sue Baker, CFM, Program Coordinator, 207-287-8063

Joe Young, CFM, Mapping Coordinator, 207-287-8051

Janet Parker, Planner II, 207-287-9981

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