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Flood Map Users Workshop June 5th, 2008 Charleston, WV

Paper FIRM review

Using Paper FIRMs

Find correct FIRM panel using Flood County index Find property site on correct FIRM

Find location of development at site by scaling (measuring)

Identify nearest flood insurance risk zone designation and Floodway Identify rounded base flood elevation on FIRM

Flood County panel 38

Approximate Zone A

Floodway

500 year Zone Division Line

FLOODWAY SCHEMATIC
100 YEAR FLOODPLAIN
FLOODWAY FRINGE

FLOODWAY

FLOODWAY FRINGE

SURCHARGE

FLOODWAY + FLOODWAY FRINGE = 100 YEAR FLOODPLAIN SURCHARGE NOT TO EXCEED 1.0 FEET

Review Online FIRM Handout

www.msc.fema.gov. (not necessary to log on in order to use site.) Product Catalog icon towards the top left of screen. Under FEMA Issued Flood Maps click on Latest Available Flood Maps to access Flood Insurance Studies (or floodway maps in those communities where floodway maps are separate from the FIRM) click on FEMA issued Flood Insurance Studies

To access a particular map panel: Under select a State, District or Territory, enter or scroll to West Virginia. Under select a County, Parish, etc., enter or scroll to the appropriate County. Under select a community, enter or scroll to the appropriate community. *Important (for a county panel you must enter the county under community) Click Find FEMA issued Flood Map (step 4 under select a community).

Online FIRMs continued

Viewing and Printing a FIRMETTE When viewing an online FIRM panel you can navigate by using the tools (Zoom in & out and Pan) on the left hand side of the screen. Below the navigation buttons are the tools for making a FIRMette. When you have located the general area you want to print: Click the Make a FIRMette button. Using the mouse Drag the green shaded box that appears in the upper left hand corner to the area you want to print on your FIRMette and drop it. Select the page size (usually 8 1/2 X 11). Click the Scale or North Arrow boxes as appropriate and make any adjustments necessary so the box covers only these items (otherwise part of the edge of the map adjacent to these boxes will appear on your FIRMette).

Online FIRMs continued

Choose the format for your FIRMette (PDF or TIF) Click the save button on the screen to the immediate left of your new FIRMette. Check the save this file to disk box , click ok. Scroll to the file on your hard drive where you want your FIRMette saved (My Documents, desktop, etc.). In the file name column, enter the title you want your FIRMette saved as, click ok. Navigate to the folder with saved FIRMette and open it, click on your FIRMette filename. Before you print change printer setting to landscape and turn off scale to fit or anything similar.

Practice creating A FIRMette

Go to MSC.FEMA.gov Follow instructor on your laptop Find Willis Avenue bridge crossing Ann Run in Bridgeport (Harrison County) Site is on Williams Ave approximately 50 feet North of intersection with Cherry Street Raise your hand if you fall behind or have technical difficulties

FMIT Practice
Bring up FMIT Follow Instructor on your laptop Find correct Map panel Zoom, use slide bars to pan Choose print area Save FIRMette Raise Your hand when you are ready to print FIRMette

FIRMette

WV Flood Hazard Determination Tool

WWW.MAPWV.GOV/FLOOD

Click the RED arrow to launch

Counties in WHITE have no flood layer!!

C D

F.Pan E. Back one level of zoom D. Zoom OUT to State C. Zoom OUT B. Zoom IN A. Turn small state map overview off & on

K. Zoom Scale J. Elevation & Zone (Star) I. Print H. Erase tool selection G. Measuring Tool (measures in feet or miles)

Flood Hazard Determination Tool Practice

Bring up tool (mapwv.gov/flood) Follow Instructor on your laptop Search function Find correct area Use Zoom, pan, elevation tool, measuring tool Raise Your hand when you are ready to print

306 FEET

199.97

306 + 200 = 506 feet

Firmette with hand measurements

Scale 1 = 400 1 = 500 Ft.

Firmette with hand measurements

5/8 = 250 Ft.

FIS profile

Establish BFE on FIS Profile

Each block = 50 foot

990

980

E Cross section E

30

35

990

980

E Cross section E

Flood Frequency

Flood Frequency (years)

500 100 50 10

chance of flooding in any given year

0.2 out of 100 1 out of 100 2 out of 100 10 out of 100

Chance of flooding over 30 years

6% 26% 46% 96%

Floodway example

Surveyor locates floodway boundary by measuring from center of road to edge of floodway
1/4 = 100 Floodway starts 100 foot from road

Map exercise 1.5

Map Exercise 2
199 Smith St. Bridgeport 26330 Permit for new structure 100 feet south of Smith Street, 50 feet west of Pennsylvania Avenue Panel # Flood Zone In Floodway? Estimate BFE from Map BFE from Flood Insurance Study

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Map Exercise 3
100 foot West of Intersection of Blue Horizon (19) and Mason Dixon Hwy (7) in Pursglove, Monongalia County

1. 2. 3. 4.

Panel # Flood Zone In Floodway? BFE

IF IN DOUBT, ITS NOT OUT!

The map is merely a tool. If the area in question is too close to the boundary to confidently determine location relative to the flood hazard then request elevation data. A site plan with elevation data works best. You will need at least BFE and the LAG to the proposed foundation. Floodway on the site? Require the Surveyor to scale the floodway Boundary onto the site plan.

Floodway Boundary BFE 863 Signed:______________ Dated:___9/1/07__

LAG 862.25

ROAD NAME

Please Return:
Flood County Map Packet & Flood Insurance Study Engineers Scale (we need them for Surveyor workshop tomorrow)

THANK YOU!

GIS layer availability

Uncertified Countywide Digital Flood Themes available from WVU GIS Tech Center (Also knows as DFIRM Lite layers) available for: Barbour, Monongalia, Randolph, Taylor
ftp://ftp.wvgis.wvu.edu/pub/Clearinghouse/water_resources/DFIR M-lite/