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Floodplain Mgmt.Reducing flood damage and promoting natural functions of floodplains
Key Components
  • Promotes effective floodplain management throughout Ohio
  • Provides technical assistance, public education and protection standards to more than 750 Ohio communities
  • Offers education and materials through Ohio’s floodplain management newsletter, workshops and statewide severe weather awareness campaigns
  • Monitors flood risk reduction regulatory compliance and provides guidance to all Ohio jurisdictions
  • Provides assistance and support in response to Ohio flood events
Program Authority
Ohio Revised Code
§1506.04, 1521 and 307

Program Assistance
Offered to:
Federal, state, and local officials, professionals, and floodplain property owners.

Program News and New Items

Date
August 29, 2013

Certified Floodplain Manager Exam

The Certified Floodplain Manager Exam will be held at Doubletree Columbus/Worthington in conjuction with the Ohio Statewide Floodplain Management Conference. 
    
August 28-29, 2013

Ohio Statewide Floodplain Management Conference

The Call for Abstracts has just been released.  Abstracts must be submitted before May 31, 2013.  For more information about the conference or to learn how to submit an abstract, please visit the Conference Page.  

August 27, 2013

Certified Floodplain Manager Exam

The Certified Floodplain Manager Exam will be held at ODNR. 
    

August 19, 2013

Medina County Physical Map Revision- Updated Flood Insurance Rate Maps go effective.

July 11, 2013

Athens County Open House

The open house for Athens County will be held on Thursday July 11 from 4:00 PM- 7:00PM at the Athens Community Center, Multi-purpose Room B, 701 East State Street, Athens Ohio 45701. To view the preliminary maps, contact your local floodplain administrator.
    
July 10, 2013

Licking County Flood Risk Review Meeting

Licking County is currently undergoing flood map updates.  There will be a Flood Risk Review Meeting held on July 10 in Newark.  Exact location and time will be posted as it becomes available. 
    
June 26, 2013

Erie County Open House

The open house for Erie County will be held on Wednesday June 26 from 4:00 PM- 7:00PM at the Downtown Erie County Commissioners Chambers, Erie County Office Building, 247 Columbus Avenue, 3rd Floor, Sandusky Ohio 44870. To view the preliminary maps, contact your local floodplain administrator. 
    
June 6, 2013

Medina County Resilience Meeting

There will be a resilience meeting held for Medina County on March 6 from 2 PM to 4 PM at the Medina County Engineering Center, 791 West Smith Road, Medina, Ohio 44256. New Medina Flood Insurance Rate Map will go effective August 19, 2013.
    
May 23, 2013

NFIP Free Training

Ashland County Soil & Water Conservation District is hosting a Floodplain Management Training for community officials from 9AM-4PM (Lunch on your own from Noon-1PM)  Training will be held at  1763 State Route 60, Ashland Ohio 43085.  Please submit RSVPs to Tina Ray by May 22.  There is no cost for this training.
      
May 2, 2013

Summit County Open House

The open house for Summit County will be held on Thursday May 2, 2013 from 4:00 PM- 7:00PM at the Akron-Summit County Public Library, Meeting Room 2AB, 60 South High Street, Akron, Ohio 44326. To view the preliminary maps, contact your local floodplain administrator.  
    
May 2, 2013

Allen County-wide FIRM goes effective.
    

May 2013

Ohio Flood Maps

There are currently 27 counties in the process of undergoing some mapping updates. For specific county information, go to the Watershed Mapping Status page and click on the county of interest.
    
April 30, 2013

Shelby County Wide Study

Shelby CW preliminary maps have been released.  All approximate Zone A's are being updated as part of this revision and the maps are being converted to the digital format.  To view the preliminary maps, contact your local floodplain administrator.
         
April 26, 2013

Meigs County  Appeals Period

Meigs County Appeals period has been listed in the Federal Register.  Appeals period will last 90 days and is being held from 4-26-2013 to 7-24-2013.  For more information, please contact your local floodplain administrator.
     
April 25, 2013

Lawrence County Flood Risk Review Meeting

Lawrence County is currently undergoing flood map updates.  There will be a Flood Risk Review Meeting held on April 25 from 1:00 PM- 3:00 PM at the Lawrence County Court House, County Commissioner's Office, 3rd Flood, 111 South Fourth Street, Ironton, Ohio 45638.
        
April 15, 2013

Erie County Physical Map Revision

Erie PMR preliminary maps have been released.  These new maps have updates to Zone A throughout Erie County.  To view the preliminary maps, contact your local floodplain administrator.
    
April 3, 2013

Flood Insurance Reform Act 2012 (Biggert-Waters)

Information about the Flood Insurance Reform act has been added to the Insurance section on the references page
        
March 28, 2013

Athens County Physical Map Revision

Athens PMR preliminary maps have been released.  These new maps have updates to Hocking River and Monday Creek.  To view the preliminary maps, contact your local floodplain administrator.
    
March 26, 2013

Washington County  Appeals Period

Washington County Appeals period has been listed in the Federal Register.  Appeals period will last 90 days and is being held from 3-26-2013 to 6-23-2013.  For more information, please contact your local floodplain administrator.
     
March 6, 2013

Shelby County Flood Risk Review Meeting

Shelby County is currently undergoing flood map updates.  There will be a Flood Risk Review Meeting held on March 6 from 9AM-11AM at the City of Sidney Police Station, Training Room- 234 West Court Street Sidney, Ohio 45365.
       
March 5, 2013

Meigs County Open House

The open house for Meigs County will be held on March 5, 2013 from 4:00 PM- 7:00PM at the Middleport Village Hall 659 Pearl St., Middleport, Ohio 45760. To view the preliminary maps, contact your local floodplain administrator.  
    
February 27, 2013

Washington County Open House

The open house for Washington County will be held on February 27, 2013 from 4:00 PM- 7:00PM at the Washington State Community College located at 710 Colegate Dr., Center for Businees and Technology Room 103-105, Marietta Ohio 45750.  To view the preliminary maps, contact your local floodplain administrator.
    
February 19, 2013

Letter of Final Determination Issued for Medina County 

At this time all communities required to update their regulations will be contacted by the Floodplain Management Office and will be assisted through the regulation update process.
    
February 8, 2013

Summit County Physical Map Revision

Summit PMR preliminary maps have been released.  These new maps have updates to most Zone AE streams in the county.  To view the preliminary maps, contact your local floodplain administrator.
             
February 2013

The Antediluvian

The newest addition of the Floodplain Management Program's Newsletter, "The Antediluvian" is now available and can be viewed on the newsletter's homepage.
   
January 2013

Request a Change in Your Property’s Flood Zone Designation Online!

 FEMA is launching a new way to submit a request to change your property’s flood zone designation – with the Online Letter of Map Change (LOMC)!  If you believe your property has been inadvertently included in a Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA), you may now request a change over the web, instead of by mail. The SFHA is the area that has a 1-percent or greater chance of flooding in any given year; this area is also referred to by some as the 1-percent-annual-chance floodplain, base floodplain, or the 100-year floodplain. Applicants can use this new website instead of the MT-1 or MT-EZ paper forms.  All home or property owners, their designated representatives, or professional surveyors and engineers, can use this online tool to conveniently submit required documents, property information, and payment information all in one place.

The new Online LOMC offers many advantages over paper forms:
•  Applicants may save information online and finish applying at their convenience
•  Clear and intuitive interface makes applying user-friendly
•  Eliminates time associated with the paper-based submission
•  Frequent applicants can manage multiple LOMC requests online
•  More efficient communications with LOMC processing staff
•  Applicants can check their application status in real-time

Visit www.fema.gov/online-lomc  to learn more!
     
January 4, 2013

Meigs County Wide Study

Meigs CW preliminary maps have been released.  All approximate Zone A's are being updated as part of this revision and the maps are being converted to the digital format.  To view the preliminary maps, contact your local floodplain administrator.
     
December 7, 2012

Washington County Physical Map Revision (PMR)

Washington County PMR preliminary maps have been released.  All approximate Zone A's are being updated as part of this revision.  To view the preliminary maps, contact your local floodplain administrator.
 
November 16, 2012

Elevation Certificate

FEMA will permit a “phase-in” of the revised Elevation Certificate (EC) on a voluntary basis. During the 12-month transition period beginning August 1, 2012, FEMA will accept either the new form or the old form. Elevations certified after the last day of the transition period must be submitted on the new Elevation Certificate form with the expiration date of July 31, 2015.  The new Elevation Certificate can be found on the FEMA library.  For training on how to use the new EC, "EC Made EZ" is available online.
     

June 2012

Events Calendar

A Calendar of Events has been created for the Floodplain Management Program.  Therefore events will now be on the Events Calendar rather than on the homepage.