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Coconino supervisors give flood control district authority to set local floodplains after Tusayan modeling
Summary
The Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Dec. 9 to adopt Ordinance 2025-01, giving the Flood Control District authority to establish local floodplains countywide — a step county officials say is needed after August 2023 flooding exposed gaps in outdated FEMA mapping and to support future mitigation planning for Tusayan.
The Coconino County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Dec. 9 to approve Flood Control District Ordinance 2025-01, authorizing the district to establish local floodplains and assigning floodplain administration to the Flood Control District administrator.
The action follows a county-funded flood-modeling study for Tusayan and other high-risk areas showing substantially larger inundation zones than the current FEMA maps. Lucinda Andreani, Flood Control District administrator, told the board the district has invested in updated modeling and outreach to affected property owners and recommends county authority to adopt local floodplain designations so officials can regulate development according to best-available data.
"Establishing a local floodplain is the best course of action to…
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