FEMA's maps are essential tools for identifying flood risks, but they have significant gaps that limit their effectiveness. One major limitation is that they don't consider flooding driven by ...

What FEMA flood maps miss FEMA's maps are essential tools for identifying flood risks, but they have significant gaps that limit their effectiveness.

we found that the federal mapping process, its overreliance on historical data, and political influence over the updating of maps can lead to maps that don’t fully represent an area’s risk. FEMA’s ...

A map of a section of Kerr County, Texas, where a deadly flood struck on July 4, 2025, compares the FEMA flood map’s 100-year flood zone (red) to First Street’s more detailed 100-year flood ...

FEMA’s maps are essential tools for identifying flood risks, but they have significant gaps that limit their effectiveness. One major limitation is that they don’t consider flooding driven by ...

advertisement 07-16-2025 IMPACT Why FEMA’s flood maps often miss dangerous flash flood risks There are areas of the country that flood, some regularly, that don’t show up on the maps as at risk.

FEMA’s maps are essential tools for identifying flood risks, but they have significant gaps that limit their effectiveness. One major limitation is that they don’t consider flooding driven by ...

FEMA’s maps are essential tools for identifying flood risks, but they have significant gaps that limit their effectiveness. One major limitation is that they don’t consider flooding driven by ...

FEMA’s maps are essential tools for identifying flood risks, but they have significant gaps that limit their effectiveness. One major limitation is that they don’t consider flooding driven by ...