Flood Map Modernization Program Update
and RiskMAP Overview
Laura Algeo
FEMA Region IV
July 24, 2008
Presentation Overview
 FEMA’s Flood Map Modernization Program
• Key Successes
• Measuring Performance
• Multi-Year Flood Hazard Identification Plan (MHIP)
 FY 2009 and Beyond – More than Flood Mapping
• Challenges Remaining
• Risk MAP
• Potential Future Funding
Flood Map
Modernization
—
Risk MAP
Flood Map Modernization
FY04-FY08 – Key Successes
Flood Map
Modernization
—
Risk MAP
 Flood Map Modernization is a 5-yr $1 billion Presidential Initiative
that ends in FY08
 FY08 Map Mod Budget – Appropriated $220M
 Digital Flood Hazard Data and Maps for 92% of the Nation’s
population
 Enhanced Flood Map Quality – primarily the flood hazard
boundary
 Effective Program Management and Performance Measurement
 Effective Partnerships with State, Local and National
organizations as well as Other Federal Agencies
Measuring Performance – Key
Performance Indicators (KPIs)
Metric
End State
Target
Population
Effective
92%
Land Area
Effective
65%
FBS
75%
NVUE
30%
Flood Map
Modernization
—
Risk MAP
Multi-Year Flood Hazard
Identification Plan (MHIP)
Flood Map
Modernization
—
Risk MAP
 MHIP Version 3.0, May
2008, Reflects
Success
• FEMA’s plan to
successfully
complete Map Mod
based on funding and
mapping efforts
initiated through FY08
www.fema.gov/plan/prevent/fhm/mh_main.shtm
Where is Flood Risk the Greatest?
Flood Map
Modernization
—
Risk MAP
Map Mod Digital Flood Mapping
 Green: 92 percent of
Nation’s population
provided Digital Flood
Insurance Rate Maps
(DFIRMs)
 Purple and Pink:
Areas not mapped
with DFIRMs provided
scanned version of
paper FIRM
 White: Areas with no
FEMA map
 Needs to be
determined: Purple,
Pink and White areas
Flood Map
Modernization
—
Risk MAP
Map Mod Challenges
Flood Map
Modernization
—
Risk MAP
Challenges identified through Map Mod:
• Levees – good flood hazard data needed
• Coastal Flood Hazards – Storm surge and
wave height updates critical
• NFIP participating communities – Not all will
be “modernized”
• Degradation of Flood Hazard Data – What was
done early in Map Mod needs to be assessed
NFIP Mapping - FY 2009 and
Beyond
Flood Map
Modernization
—
Risk MAP
 Implementing Risk MAP (Mapping, Assessment, and
Planning)
 Addressing flood hazard data and mapping needs is
key to risk identification
 Risk MAP lifecycle
Identify
Risk
1
Map
Risk Data
Continuous Renewal
& Improvement
Flood Map
Modernization
—
Risk MAP
Assess
Risk
2
Continuous Renewal
& Improvement
Assess
Present & Future
Risks
Transfer Risk
Risk MAP:
REDUCE LOSS OF
LIFE &
PROPERTY AT
LOCAL LEVELS
Reduce Risk
Continuous Renewal
& Improvement
Mitigate
Risk
4
Goal – Measure
Quantifiable Risk
Reduction
Continuous Renewal
& Improvement
Plan for Risk
Communicate
Risk
3
Risk Mapping, Assessment, and Planning (Risk MAP)
Lifecycle
Identify
Risk
1
Flood Map
Modernization
—
Risk MAP
Map
Risk Data
Transfer Risk
Risk MAP:
Reduce Risk
Mitigate
Risk
4
REDUCE LOSS OF
LIFE &
PROPERTY AT
LOCAL LEVELS
Plan for Risk
Assess
Risk
2
Assess
Present & Future
Risks
Goal – Measure
Quantifiable Risk
Reduction
Communicate
Risk
3
Levee Inventory – NLD/MLI
Flood Map
Modernization
—
Risk MAP
 FEMA & USACE Working Closely To Build National Levee Database
• Both recognized importance of common design
 FEMA (Mid-Term Levee Inventory)
• Focus on All Levee Systems Accredited on Effective NFIP Maps
• 1-percent-annual-chance level of protection, regardless of ownership
• Need to answer important basic questions




Number of levee systems
Miles of levee systems
Certification/accreditation status
Number of people impacted by levee systems
• Need to track Provisionally Accredited Levee (PAL) system status
NLD and MLI Model
 MLI Structure Based on NLD Model
• Only data of high importance to FEMA collected
 Key Attributes of MLI
• Levee centerline locations
• Ownership
• Protection status
• Area protected
• Accreditation status
 NLD & MLI Relationships & Fields Identical
Flood Map
Modernization
—
Risk MAP
Future Flood Data Engineering and
Mapping Needs Assessment
Flood Map
Modernization
—
Risk MAP
Baltimore, MD Annual Sealevel Maximum
Elevation (m)
2
1.5
1
0.5
0
1900
1920
1940
1960
Year
1980
2000
Flood Map
Modernization
—
Risk MAP
Identify
Risk
1
Map
Risk Data
Transfer Risk
Risk MAP:
Reduce Risk
Mitigate
Risk
4
REDUCE LOSS OF
LIFE &
PROPERTY AT
LOCAL LEVELS
Plan for Risk
Assess
Risk
2
Assess
Present & Future
Risks
Goal – Measure
Quantifiable Risk
Reduction
Communicate
Risk
3
Risk MAP –
Risk Assessments
Assess
Assess
Risk
Risk
2
Flood Map
Modernization
—
Risk MAP
 National flood loss study to be
completed
 Assessments used to better
communicate risk
 Acceptable, tailored risk assessment
methodologies
 Flood risk assessments a product of
Risk MAP
 Thru technology improve accessibility of
flood hazard data to assist development
of updated risk assessments
Identify
Risk
1
Map
Risk Data
Assess
Risk
2
Continuous Renewal
& Improvement
Continuous Renewal
& Improvement
Assess
Present & Future
Risks
Transfer Risk
Risk MAP:
REDUCE LOSS OF
LIFE &
PROPERTY AT
LOCAL LEVELS
Reduce Risk
Continuous Renewal
& Improvement
Mitigate
Risk
4
Goal – Measure
Quantifiable Risk
Reduction
Continuous Renewal
& Improvement
Plan for Risk
Communicate
Risk
3
Ultimate Goal
Measure
results of local
mitigation
activities
Good Data is the Linkage Between
Planning and Flood Mapping
MITIGATION PLANNING
Policy Supporting Official Use of Digital Data
Updated Production Processes to Focus on Digital Products
Products and Tools Using Digital Data
MAP MODERNIZATION PROGRAM
Flood Map
Modernization
—
Risk MAP
Key Mapping Successes
“Digital as Official”
 Digital and paper products
are equivalent
 Benefits
• Reduce the need and
demand for paper
• Provide more outreach
to citizens
 Digital Vision Goals
• Streamlines production
of high-quality digital
data
• Updates mapping
process
• More timely data
available to customers
Flood Map
Modernization
—
Risk MAP
National Flood Hazard Layer
Flood Map
Modernization
—
Risk MAP
 NFHL data integrates individual county DFIRMs into
seamless products
 Letters of Map Revision are included as they become
effective
 Easy to Access
• Order from the Map Service Center
• View online with the Map Viewer – Web
• Access through Open GIS Web Mapping Service (WMS)
Improved Tools
Flood Map
Modernization
—
Risk MAP
 The MapViewer – Web has been enhanced with better printing
capabilities and better ability to drill down into the details of the
data
 A new MapViewer – Desktop tool will soon allow use of GIS data
locally without specialized GIS software and support review and
comment on preliminary maps
 A Google Earth configuration file (kmz) allows viewing of the NFHL
using the WMS service
 The FIRMette – Desktop tool (FMIT) now handles all FIRMScan
maps (standard or orthophoto base maps)
www.fema.gov/library
• NFHL Products and Services
• MapViewer - Web instructions
• NFHL WMS instructions
• Stay Dry Instructions (Google Earth)
• FEMA NFHL instructions
• NFHL GIS Data instructions
Flood Map
Modernization
—
Risk MAP
Risk MAP Concepts
Flood Map
Modernization
—
Risk MAP
 Draft Concepts for FEMA’s potential Flood Risk
Mapping, Assessment, and Planning efforts in FY09 and
beyond available through FEMA website:
• Draft FEMA FY09 Flood Mapping Concept Paper and Risk
MAP Strategy available at FEMA’s Flood Hazard Mapping
Website: http://www.fema.gov/plan/ffmm.shtm
Potential FY 09 FEMA Risk MAP
Funding
Flood Map
Modernization
—
Risk MAP
 President’s budget for FY09 includes $150 million proposed appropriated
FEMA flood mapping funding
 National Flood Insurance Fee (NFIF) income estimated $90 million in FY09
• Risk Assessments
• Program operating costs
• Letters of Map Change (LOMCs)
 Flood Mapping for Levee areas - $30 million
• Ensure NFIP maps accurately reflect flood risk in levee areas
• Completion of National Levee Inventory in coordination with USACE
 Coastal Engineering and Mapping - $45 million ($15 million from NFIF)
• Update engineering and mapping in accordance with FEMA Coastal
Flood Mapping Guidelines and Specifications
 Other Engineering Needs - $90 million
• Riverine flood mapping and engineering not associated with coastal or
levees