Flood Risk
- Flood Risk provides the most current flood mapping data from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), including flood zone information, a database of community participation status in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), elevation profiles, and proximity measurements to varying levels of flood risk.
Coverage
- United States
Product Family
- Risks
Usage
Use Flood Risk to:
- Determine flood zone, community participation status, and LOMR information for any property in the U.S.
- Assess flood risk exposure and calculate premiums for distribution policyholders
- Determine flood zone elevation and NFIP qualification for properties
- Augment edge case risk assessments by understanding a property’s distance to 100-year and special hazard flood zones
- Identify the nearest water body to a property and view the elevation profile between the property location and the water body
Details
Source Data:
- Digital flood insurance rate maps (DFIRM)
- Flood insurance rate maps (FIRM)
- Flood hazard boundary maps (FHBM)
- Major letter of map revisions (LOMR) data
- FEMA flood insurance risk zones
- National flood insurance program (NFIP)
- Community participation maps
Features:
- National coverage of the DFIRM (Digital Flood Insurance Rate Maps) and other georeferenced FEMA information.
- National coverage of community participation status in the NFIP.
- Enrichment file, which appends all flood risk information to every affected address location using a unique identifier, as well as proximity measurements for added insight at the address level.
Specifications
- Update Frequency
- Quarterly
- Coverage
- United States
- Unit of Sale
- Country