*** Preliminary Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) and Flood Insurance Study (FIS) Report,
for the unincorporated areas of Waller County, Texas, Community No. 48640 ***
The Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is pleased to present your community with preliminary copies of the FIRM and FIS Report dated January 30, 2017, for Waller County, Texas and incorporated areas. This preliminary version of the FIRM and FIS Report incorporates updated flood h...azard information for the Lower Brazos Watershed Study. We have revised only those FIRM panels with updated flood hazard information.
On January 30, 2017, FEMA posts digital copies of the preliminary FIRMs, FIS Report materials, and supporting database on the following page of the Map Service Center. This data may be reviewed at the following link:
http://www.fema.gov/preliminaryfloodhazarddata. This site contains a number of frequently asked questions. If you click on “preliminary flood data search tool” you may select your State and County to access the current preliminary FIRMs, FIS Report materials, and supporting database. We also request that your community make the hard copy preliminary FIRMs and FIS Report available for review at your community’s map repository located at the Waller County Courthouse, 836 Austin Street, Hempstead, Texas 77445. Feel free to interact with both the current effective data and the preliminary flood hazard data through an interactive mapping tool available at:
http://maps.riskmap6.com/TX/Waller. This interactive tool allows communities to review the flood risk at any known address. An instructional fact sheet for this interactive web tool is available at:
http://www.riskmap6.com/do…/resource/WhatisyourFloodRisk.pdf.