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Tompkins County posts updated flood‑map resources and guidance ahead of FEMA preliminary effective date
Summary
The county planning department on May 12 demonstrated new online flood‑risk and flood‑insurance resources, explained FEMA preliminary maps due to become effective in June, and outlined municipal outreach and mitigation work including a Fall Creek study funded by DEC.
Abigail Connor, a planner in Tompkins County’s Planning Department, demonstrated a new flood information section on the county website for legislators at the May 12 Planning, Energy and Environmental Quality Committee meeting and urged residents to use the online FEMA Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) viewer and the county’s new guidance pages.
The Planning Department’s pages gather short explanatory videos and printable materials on flood insurance, flood risk and preparedness; Connor showed county staff how to navigate to government resources → flood information on the county website and how to access the FEMA firm viewer, noting that FEMA preliminary maps for parts of the…
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