Description: FEMA floodplain boundaries from the FEMA Map Modernization program.Content Purpose: These data are designed to provide a guidance and a general proximity of the locations of Special Flood Hazard Areas(SFHA) and zones of possible risks associated with food inundation. In addition to locational and topological information, features contained in the data set include 1%(100 year) and 0.2% (500 year) annual chance flood plain boundaries, flood insurance zone designations (including Velocity zones), flood way boundaries(when available), political boundaries(State, county and community), community and map panel identification number, FIRM panel neat lines, USGS 7.5-minute (1:24,000 scale) topographic map quadrangle neat lines, and Coastal Barrier Resource Act(COBRA) areas.
Copyright Text: Title of Content: FEMA FLOOD INSURANCE RATE MAPS 1996 ** Special note: some counties have been updated - see layers DFIRM_BFE and DFIRM_FLDHAZ Filename: FEMA96 Type of Content: Downloadable Data Content Publisher: Federal Emergency Management Agency Publication Place: Washington, D.C. Publication Date: 19960000 Date Added to FGDL: 1999-07-01 - V2 or before