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Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRM) 2007 DIGITAL FLOOD INSURANCE RATE MAPS (DFIRMs) The Federal Emergency Management Agency, (FEMA) in cooperation
with the State Of Flood Insurance Study (FIS) – The August 25, 2007 Preliminary FIS and September 28, 2007 Final FIS are both available for down loading in Adobe .pdf format. Each FIS consists of three (3) volumes or files and requires approximately 60 MB of storage, for each FIS. Volume 1 contains information on how the Studies were performed while Volumes 2 & 3 contain profiles of studied streams. Flood Insurance Rates - FEMA develops Flood Insurance Rates based on the type(s) of structure, previous flood damage, elevation above the Base Flood Elevation (BFE) and other variables as determined by FEMA. Samples of Insurance rates may be viewed here. For more information of Flood Insurance Rates and the National Flood Insurance Program or to find an insurance agent, go to http://www.fema.gov/hazard/flood/index.shtm. Documentation - Other documentation pertaining to this process is available. FEMA REVISES On January 7, 2008 FEMA announced that errors were made on
the current FIRMs along the Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) and Other Information 2003 Flood Insurance Rate Maps, (FIRMs) produced by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, (FEMA) are still available for download in Adobe .pdf format. These are images of the Gaston County FIRMS adopted by FEMA on March 3, 2003 and September 30, 2004. Additional maps are also available from the FEMA Map Store in hardcopy or digital form and in digital form from NCFloodmaps.com.
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