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WAC Presentation October 15, 2008

WAC Presentation October 15, 2008. Verde River Re-study Yavapai County Flood Control District Charles A. Cave, PE, CFM. Verde River Basin. “Flood Control?”. Special District Organized under Title 48 of the Arizona Revised Statutes Established in Yavapai County in the late 80s.

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WAC Presentation October 15, 2008

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  1. WAC PresentationOctober 15, 2008 Verde River Re-study Yavapai County Flood Control District Charles A. Cave, PE, CFM

  2. Verde River Basin

  3. “Flood Control?” • Special District Organized under Title 48 of the Arizona Revised Statutes • Established in Yavapai County in the late 80s. • Local Administrators of the National Flood Insurance Program. • Building Permit Review • Small Projects Branch • Flood Warning System

  4. What Can We Do? • Identify Flood Risk • Communicate the Risk • Reduce the Risk

  5. Flood Risk • Why Do I Say “Flood Risk?” • Everyone Lives in a Flood Zone • Floods; the most common natural disaster in the US • Floods; the #1 weather related killer in the US • 25% of flood insurance claims come from “Low to Moderate” risk areas although flood insurance coverage in these areas averages only 1% • The fact that a flood hasn't occurred in recent years does not mean that one hasn't happened in the past or that one will not happen in the future

  6. Conditions for Changing a FIRM • Construction in the floodplain • Significant development upstream • A flood occurs outside FIRM boundaries • A major flood control project • Changes in topography

  7. Flood Insurance Information • You don’t have to be in a floodplain to purchase flood insurance. • You don’t need to have a Federally secured mortgage to purchase insurance • 90% of homes flooded annually are not in a FEMA designated hazard area. • Go To: www.floodsmart.gov for more information on flood insurance

  8. Questions?

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