Other Technical Information and Guidance

General Information

• Floodplain Management Requirements – A Study Guide and Desk Reference for Local Officials
• Floodplain Management Bulletin on Elevation Certificates
• Floodplain Management Bulletin on Historic Structures
• Use of Flood Insurance Study (FIS) Data As Available Data

Coastal Construction

• Local Officials Guide to Coastal Construction
• Coastal Construction Manual
• Home Builder’s Guide to Coastal Construction Technical Fact Sheet Series

Regulatory Floodway

• FEMA’s NFIP Floodplain Management Requirements – A Study Guide and Desk Reference for Local Officials – Unit 5 - The NFIP Floodplain Management Requirements (pages 5-21 to 5-26)
• Procedures for Compliance with Floodway Regulations

Retrofitting and Floodproofing Structures

• Elevated Residential Structures
• Engineering Principles and Practices of Retrofitting Flood Prone Structures
• Floodproofing for Non-Residential Structures
• Homeowner’s Guide to Retrofitting
• Manufactured Home Installation in Flood Hazard Areas
• Protecting Building Utilities from Flood Damage

Substantial Improvements and Substantial Damage

• Answers to Questions about Substantially Damaged Buildings
• FEMA’s NFIP Floodplain Management Requirements – A Study Guide and Desk Reference for Local Officials – Unit 8 Substantial Improvements & Substantial Damage

Presentation slides from the Determining Substantial Damage and Improvement workshop held on March 18, 2009 by FEMA and OEP.

• Presentation slides of Determining Substantial Damage and Improvement (2MB)

Zone A Areas – No Base Flood Elevations Determined

• Summary of Managing Floodplain Development in Zone A Areas
• Managing Floodplain Development in Approximate Zone A Areas – Guide to Obtaining and Developing Base (100-Year) Flood Elevations
• Quick 2, Version 2
• Regulating Approximate Zone A Areas
• Internet Sources for Hydrologic and Flood Information
• Surveying for a LOMA in “Zone A”
• NGVD to NAVD
• NH StreamStats - an online application providing automated regression-equation solutions for user-selected sites on streams.

Presentation slides from the Estimating and Determining Base Flood Elevations in Zone A Areas workshops held on September 16, 18, 23, and 25, 2008 by OEP and USGS.

• Presentation slides of Overview of NFIP and Zone A Regulations (2MB)
• Presentation slides of Sources of Floodplain Information, and Simple and Detailed Methods (This is a 6Mb file which will take approximately 15 minutes to download with a 56Kb dial-up connection or about a minute and a half with a 640Kb Cable/DSL connection.)

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