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Flood Resources

• Association of State Floodplain Managers (ASFPM) The Association of State Floodplain Managers has developed an estimate, based on a careful analysis, of the total cost to provide floodplain mapping for every community in the nation based on the parameters specified in the BW-12. The report explaining the study and cost estimates can be on ASFPM NFIP page on their website or downloaded here.
• Association of State Flood Plain Managers (ASFPM): No Adverse Impacts (NAI) How-To Guide
• Association of State Flood Plain Managers (ASFPM): No Adverse Impacts (NAI) How-To Guides
• Coastal Flood Maps Fact Sheet [pdf]
• Emergency Preparedness for Levees [pdf]
• Explanation of rate changes for flood insurance – This is from the Montana HighGround Newsletter (June 2021).  It is a good explanation of rate changes for flood insurance
• FEMA Community Engagement and Risk Communication (CERC): Think Beyond Flood Maps – a story map highlighting communities that use FEMA data for more than floodplain management ordinances.
• FEMA Region III: Reducing Risk in the Floodplain Guide
• NHMA: Biggert Article
• NFIP Community Status Book – Find out which communities in your state participate in the NFIP, when they entered, and the dates of their first and current Effective FIRM.
• National Flood Insurance Program
• National Hydrologic Warning Council 
• State NFIP Coordinators – The Association of State Floodplain Managers. State coordinators will know their local floodplain administrators.
• Storm Smart Coasts (stormsmartcoast.org)
• Swale construction and benefits video
• From the International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction – High Resolution approach to quantify the impact of building-level flood risk mitigation and adaptation measures on flood losses at the community level

Community Ratings Systems

• Calumet City Plan
• Birmingham Stormwater Plan
• Example Plans
• Roseville Mitigation Plan
• North Myrtle Beach Plan

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