www.elpasotexas.gov - Flood Zones

The Floodplain Administration Division of the City of El Paso Engineering Department provides assistance and guidance to the community regarding properties located within a Special Flood Hazard Area otherwise know as the “100 year floodplain” or commonly referred to as a “flood zone”.

The Division can also help identify the correct flood zone designation surrounding a house or business and assist in explaining any of the National Flood Insurance Program’s and Federal Emergency Management Agencies’ rules and regulations regarding flood insurance.

Information or documents available include:

Elevation Certificates
Letters of Map Amendments
Conditional Letters of Map Revisions
Letters of Map Revision
Flood Insurance Studies
Pre and Post FIRM construction
Grandfathering rules

For more information or to submit questions or comments,
Please contact the Floodplain Administration Division at the following telephones or e-mail address:
(915) 541 – 4205 or (915) 541-4133 or floodzones@elpasotexas.gov

Preliminary Flood Insurance Rate Maps

The preliminary Digital Flood Insurance Rate Maps (DFIRMs) for El Paso County were released the summer of 2007 by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) designating the proposed areas located within either a Special Flood Hazard Area or a Non Special Flood Hazard Area. The revisions come as part of FEMA’s effort to modernize the maps at a national level. Please note the proposed changes are NOT effective until a formal process is expedited by FEMA.

Effective December 20, 2007, FEMA instituted the appeal and protest period for residents and property owners to allow for the representation of information refuting the proposed changes to the preliminary FIRMs. The 90-day appeal/protest period closed on March 19, 2008. All information received by Floodplain Administration for the City of El Paso has been provided to FEMA officials for review and consideration. Please note that as part of this submission, the Floodplain Administrator for the City of El Paso has filed a protest to the proposed DFIRMs, based on the facts that FEMA is also providing revised maps and studies in the Rio Grande corridor and the abutting areas.

Once the appeals and protests are resolved , FEMA will establish an effective date for the final maps. For more information, please call 541-4200.

Current Flood Zone Maps - City of El Paso

Current Flood Zone Maps - El Paso County

Flood Insurance Study (FIS)

For FEMA information regarding levees and flood insurance, check these publications:

Get the Facts. Be Flood Smart
www.FloodSmart.gov

NFIP General Information Line
1 (800) 427-4661

The best source for information specific to your property or policy is your insurance agent.

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