Harris County Boundary. – Areas delineated on a Federal Emergency Management Agency Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM or floodplain map) that are at risk for flooding from a bayou, creek or other waterway overflowing its banks during certain rainfall or storm-related events.
The Harris County Flood Control District encourages all residents to have flood insurance. To learn if your structure is located in a mapped 1 percent (100-year), 0.2 percent (500-year) or coastal floodplain, visit FEMA’s online Map Service Center at www.msc.FEMA.gov.
The Flood Education Mapping Tool includes regularly-updated floodplain information from the FIRM for Harris County, interactive legend options, a simple map display and easy map navigation.
Users can only select one of the following map view options at a time: Mapped Floodplains, Watersheds (color-coded) and Ponding. The Mapped Floodplains legend option displays the Floodway, 1% (100-year) Floodplain, 0.2% (500-year) …
This informational map intends to show the approximate location of the bond projects AND illuminate the symbols representing the projects that have been deemed active at this time by Commissioners Court.