Description: <DIV STYLE="text - align:Left; "><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN STYLE="font - weight:bold; ">Details: </SPAN><SPAN>The FIRM is the basis for floodplain management, mitigation, and insurance activities for the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). Insurance applications include enforcement of the mandatory purchase requirement of the Flood Disaster Protection Act, which "... requires the purchase of flood insurance by property owners who are being assisted by Federal programs or by Federally supervised, regulated or insured agencies or institutions in the acquisition or improvement of land facilities located or to be located in identified areas having special flood hazards, " Section 2 (b) (4) of the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973. In addition to the identification of Special Flood Hazard Areas (SFHAs), the risk zones shown on the FIRMs are the basis for the establishment of premium rates for flood coverage offered through the NFIP. The FIRM Database presents the flood risk information depicted on the FIRM in a digital format suitable for use in electronic mapping applications. The FIRM Database serves to archive the information collected during the Flood Risk Project.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN STYLE="font - weight:bold; ">Steward: PW</SPAN></P><P><SPAN STYLE="font - weight:bold; ">Maintenance Methods: </SPAN><SPAN>Manual geoprocessing tools. The floodplain administrator will inform of updates needed. It can help with replacing or updating the layer.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN STYLE="font - weight:bold; ">Maintenance Interval: </SPAN><SPAN>This item is updated As-Needed</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>
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Description: Water (Ada County Water Polygons) was created from the year 2000 orthophoto project. It is a polygon dataset of any water features over 3 ft wide covering all of Ada County in Southern Idaho. This dataset also includes bridge areas coded for map display purpose. Polygons are labeled with annotaion for names of features.