Floodplain Management Plan

What is the Floodplain Management Plan?

The City of Fort Worth is working on a Floodplain Management Plan for the entire city. This will be the first part of a growing public planning and interaction program being led by the Stormwater Management Division.

This plan will identify flood risks, their impact on the community and a prioritized action plan for reducing flood risks.

An eye on the bottom line

By completing this plan, the city will not only be on a path to becoming safer and more resilient to flooding hazards, but it will also improve Fort Worth's National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) Community Rating System (CRS) score. Improving the city’s CRS score will reduce eligible flood insurance premiums, which will save money for citizens and businesses.

Get Involved

• Which types of flood mitigation activities should be teh highest priority for the City of Fort Worth?
• Which types of public information activities would you support?
• Structural projects keep flood waters away from an area with pipes, channels, or storage features. Which type of structural projects would you support?
• When flooding occurs, emergency services measures are taken to minimize the impact. Which types of emergency services would you support?

Watch this web page and City News for opportunities to provide feedback.

Flood Facts

• Flood damages in Fort Worth occur more often outside the FEMA floodplains than inside.
• The flood insurance policies outside the floodplain have experienced 73 percent more damages than inside the FEMA floodplain.
• Just a few inches of water from a flood can cause tens of thousands of dollars in damage.

Source: National Flood Insurance Program

Downloads

• Public Meeting Presentation No. 1
• Planning Committee Presentation No. 1
• Draft Floodplain Management Plan (Sept. 28, 2015)
• Public Meeting Presentation No. 2 (Sept. 28, 2015)