New Flood Map format!! Now the flood zone information is available superimposed over aerial photos.

On November 17, 2010, the Town Council adopted the digitized flood insurance rate maps for West Greenwich, the Flood Insurance Study for Kent County, and the new ORDINANCE NO. 91
AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO
WEST GREENWICH FLOODPLAIN
SPECIAL FLOOD HAZARD AREAS

 

Preliminary Draft Maps	Index	Final maps coming soon!		Draft Panel 0111	Draft Panel 0112	Draft Panel 0116
*No special flood hazard area	Draft Panel 0070	Draft Panel 0090	Draft Panel 0095	Draft Panel 0113	Draft Panel 0114*	Draft Panel 0118
Official Maps as of December 3, 2010	Draft Panel 0185	Draft Panel 0205	Draft Panel 0210	Draft Panel 0230		Draft Panel 0231

These maps CAN NOT be distributed or published without the consent of FEMA. We can print out firmettes at Town Hall. Please note that there is no new flood zone information on these maps. It is simply superimposing the existing 1986 maps over aerial photograpy, and digitizing it so that it can be stored on the computer instead of in my file cabinet.

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Additional Information on the National Flood Insurance Program:

**Read this Factsheet on the moderinized Flood Maps and Flood Insurance, "Saving on Flood Insurance: Information about the NFIP's Grandfathering Rule"**

Coming in the near future, our Flood Maps will be updated to reflect current flood hazards (remember, our flood maps are dated effective 1986, with data from 1975). If you think that accurate information might put you in the 100-year flood zone, you should check this out: NFIP's New Lower Cost Insurance Option. I will post on this website when this update process actually starts for us.

Did you know that you can buy Flood Insurance? Most homeowners don't realize that flooding is not covered under your homeowner's insurance policy, unless you were able to specifically get a rider for flooding. Otherwise, Flood Insurance is a Federal insurance program. If you are in a designated flood zone, chances are your mortgage required you to have flood insurance. But if you are not in a flood hazard area, you can still get coverage under what is called the Preferred Risk Policy. Check out the links off of the National Flood Insurance Progam's website.

Click here for National Flood Insurance Program "Answers to Questions about the NFIP" by FEMA

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