FEMA Coastal Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) Updates - Draft Chapter 21 Oconto County Floodplain Ordinance

Notice of Public Hearing for Oconto County Floodplain Ordinance and Map Revisions

Draft Chapter 21 Oconto County Floodplain Ordinance (PDF)

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) have provided an updated model floodplain ordinance requiring Oconto County to amend text in Chapter 21 Floodplain Ordinance in order to be in compliance with the minimum regulatory standards of the WI Administrative Code NR 116 WI Floodplain Management Program and those of the National Flood Insurance Program 44 CFR 59-72.

FEMA Coastal Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) Updates

Through Risk Mapping, Assessment and Planning (Risk MAP), FEMA is updating the nation's coastal Flood Insurance Studies (FIS) and Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs, or flood maps).

Updating flood maps in coastal areas begins with a holistic study during which FEMA meets with local stakeholders to share data and identify the best path forward. Learn how FEMA creates flood maps in coastal areas (PDF).

Flood maps show the Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA)- the area that would be affected by a 1%-annual-chance flood (or base flood). Properties within the SFHA are at a high risk of flooding, with at least a 26% chance of flooding over the course of a 30-year mortgage. There are two primary flood hazard zones within a coastal SFHA. Learn more about flood maps for coastal regions.

FEMA Updates to Oconto County Coastal Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) Viewer

This viewer will allow users to view existing FEMA coastal floodplain boundaries in comparison to FEMA-proposed updates to these coastal floodplain boundaries in Oconto County.

Updated FlRM Panels (Draft)

The FIRM panels that FEMA has updated are available in final draft form: