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Tropical Storm Allison Recovery Project Update

CONTACT:
Lillie Laws
Harris County Flood Control District
Number: 713-684-4015


  View press release (PDF, 76KB, 27 May 2004)

May 27, 2004
The Harris County Flood Control District today announced an updated schedule for the completion of Flood Hazard Recovery Data being prepared as part of the Tropical Storm Allison Recovery Project (TSARP).

The District anticipates that, by the end of June, it will complete and release to the public Flood Hazard Recovery Data for 14 to 18 of Harris County's 22 watersheds. Similar data for the remaining watersheds should be completed and released by early August.

TSARP Flood Hazard Recovery Data represents the most current understanding of the 1% and 0.2% floodplains (100- and 500-year) and floodways of Harris County using the latest engineering and technology. This summer, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will issue new preliminary Digital Flood Insurance Rate Maps (DFIRMs) for all of Harris County, based on the Data.

FEMA and the District anticipate that the boundaries depicted in Flood Hazard Recovery Data will be virtually identical to those contained in the preliminary DFIRMs.

To date, Flood Hazard Recovery Data has been released for the following watersheds: Brays Bayou, Buffalo Bayou, Carpenters Bayou, Hunting Bayou, Jackson Bayou, Little Cypress Creek, Luce Bayou, San Jacinto River (north of I-10), Sims Bayou, Spring Creek, Spring Gully and Goose Creek, and Willow Creek Watersheds.

FEMA and the District anticipate that the boundaries depicted in Flood Hazard Recovery Data will be virtually identical to those contained in the preliminary DFIRMs.

To date, Flood Hazard Recovery Data has been released for the following watersheds: Brays Bayou, Buffalo Bayou, Carpenters Bayou, Hunting Bayou, Jackson Bayou, Little Cypress Creek, Luce Bayou, San Jacinto River (north of I-10), Sims Bayou, Spring Creek, Spring Gully and Goose Creek, and Willow Creek Watersheds.

Residents in these watersheds can view Flood Hazard Recovery Data through the TSARP website - www.tsarp.org or by calling 713-722-7227.

Upon TSARP's completion, FEMA and the District will have remapped the floodplains and floodways for all of Harris County - approximately equivalent in length to the Mississippi River - in less than three years.


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