The City of Trenton recently received the Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRM) maps from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) which were effective as of February 2, 2012. Return to Government Information, Maps, and Microform Services.New flood insurance rate maps from FEMA in effect as of February 2, 2012. FEM 1.209/14: 180444.Ĭity of Bloomington/Monroe County * 180169IND0Ĭity of Bloomington/Monroe County * 1801690040CĬity of Bloomington/Monroe County * 1801690035CĬity of Bloomington/Monroe County * 1801690025CĬity of Bloomington/Monroe County * 1801690020CĬity of Bloomington/Monroe County * 1801690010CĬity of Bloomington/Monroe County * 1801690005C On microfiche only: Flood Insurance Study: Monroe County, Indiana (Unicorporated Areas), Community Number 180444. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Federal Insurance Administration. For instance, Flood Insurance Study: City of Bloomington, Indiana, Monroe County, December 1977. Historical print or microfiche copies of earlier information is available in Government Information, Maps and Microform Services (East Tower 2 or ET2) on the 2nd floor of the Wells Library. The following Monroe County, City of Bloomington and Town of Ellettsville Flood Insurance Rate Maps are provided with links for your convenience. Each agency has been in charge of Flood Insurance Rate Maps in the last 30 years. Flood Insurance Rate Maps can be located in three different locations in Government Publications: Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and Homeland Security (HS). These publications were produced by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development. The base flood is a regulatory standard used by Federal agencies, and most states, to administer floodplain management programs, and is also used by the National Flood Insurance Program as the basis for insurance requirements nationwide.Ī variety of information can be found on FIRMs, including:Ĭommon physical features, such as major highways, secondary roads, lakes, railroads, streams, and other waterwaysīase (1 percent annual chance) flood elevations or depthsĪreas subject to inundation by the 0.2 percent annual chance floodįlood insurance information can also be located in Flood Insurance Study Bloomington Indiana/ Monroe County from 1977 (call number HH 10.9: B 62/6) or Floodway: Flood Boundary and Floodway Map (call number HH 10.9: An 2/5). A base flood has a 26-percent chance of occurring during a 30-year period. This type of flood is referred to as a base flood. SFHAs are those areas subject to inundation by a flood that has a 1-percent or greater chance of being equaled or exceeded during any given year. Using information gathered in these studies, FEMA engineers and cartographers delineate Special Flood Hazard Areas (SFHAs) on FIRMs. To prepare FIRMs that illustrate the extent of flood hazard in a flood prone community, FEMA conducts engineering studies referred to as Flood Insurance Studies (FISs). Flood risk information presented on FIRMs is based on historic, meteorologic, hydrologic, and hydraulic data, as well as open-space conditions, flood control works, and development. The most widely distributed flood map product is the Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM). For other questions related to FIRM consult the staff in the Government Information, Maps, and Microform Services Department located in C264 of the IUB Wells Library. Links to the maps from these CD-ROM products for Monroe County/Bloomington are provided below. The libraries also received CD-ROM products. The IUB Libraries received the flood maps in print or microfiche for areas in Indiana through the Federal Depository Library Program until the late 1990's. Additionally FEMA provides access to map data for GIS application, example: Use Web Map Service in Google Earth or Use Web Map Service in your own GIS application.
The FEMA Map Service Center provides access to some of the maps online as well as other information about what is available. Federal Emergency Management Administration. Flood Insurance Rate Maps are produced by the U.S.
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