Gibson County flood hazard maps released
Preliminary flood hazard maps for Gibson County have been released by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), according to the DNR and county officials.
When final, the maps will show flood risk throughout the county and determine whether property owners, with a federal or federally insured loan, are required to carry flood insurance.
The first new such documents for the county in 33 years came as the result of FEMA, DNR, and the county completing an extensive multi-year study of the area’s floodplains using state-of the-art technologies and risk-modeling techniques.
