The tables document dates and locations of all Effective, Preliminary and Work Map data available and is searchable by community and county name. The tables provide resources and links for ease of access. FEMA provides these AFHI tables to allow access to all available flood hazard information within the FEMA flood mapping program, allowing communities, state, and federal entities access to all available data.
The Available Flood Hazard Information (AFHI) tables are produced quarterly and may be issued intermediately in response to a Federal Disaster Declaration. The date on which the FIRM and FIS report for a community goes into effect and the flood insurance and floodplain management requirements based on the new map apply.These documents include the sources and locations of the flood hazard information available for the State of Texas, sorted by county and community. The Letter of Final Determination (LFD) is sent to the community to establish the FIRM and FIS report effective date and initiate a formal sixth-month period during which the community must adopt the FIRM and FIS report to become or remain eligible for participation in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). The date of the appeal resolution letter issued by FEMA for an appeal received during the statutory 90-day appeal period. Appeals are based on data that show that the proposed flood hazard information is scientifically or technically incorrect. The regulatory floodway is the channel of a river or other watercourse and the adjacent land areas that must be reserved in order to discharge the base flood without cumulatively increasing the water-surface elevation more than a designated height. SFHAs are areas subject to inundation by the base (1%-annual-chance) flood and include the following flood insurance risk zone designations: A, AO, AH, A1-A30, AE, A99, AR, AR/A1-A30, AR/AE, AR/AO, AR/AH, AR/A, VO, V1-V30, VE, and V.
NOTE: An appeal is a formal objection to proposed flood hazard information, including Base (1%-annual-chance) Flood Elevations (BFEs), base flood depths, Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA) boundaries or zone designations, or regulatory floodways, submitted by a community or individual resident during the statutory 90-day appeal period. The date an appeal was received during the statutory 90-day appeal period. The date the statutory 90-day appeal periodended1 (90 days from the date of the second publication of the notice of proposed flood hazard determinations in the local newspaper) Appeal Received The statutory 90-day appeal period begins on the date of the second publication of the notice of proposed flood hazard determinations in the local newspaper, during which community officials and individual residents may appeal the proposed flood hazard information. The date the statutory 90-day appeal periodstarted1. The meeting at which the preliminary results of a FIS are reviewed and discussed with community officials. Final Consultation Coordination Officer (CCO) Meeting Held The Preliminary FIRM and FIS report have been sent to the community for review and comment. The Preliminary FIRM and FIS report are currently being prepared and have not yet been issued to the community for review and comment. Statuses for a Community's Flood Insurance Study and Associated Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) Preliminary in Progress Effective FIRMs and FIS reports are available through FEMA's Map Service Center.īefore the results of an FIS are shown on a legally adopted FIRM, there are certain procedural steps that a FIRM goes through as part of the adoption process. The results of the FIS are shown on FEMA’s flood maps called Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs), and in the accompanying description of the study called an FIS report.
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