GuidanceforFloodRiskAnalysisandMapping.pdfVIP

Guidance for Flood Risk Analysis and Mapping First Order Approximation November 2015 Requirements for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Risk Mapping, Assessment, and Planning (Risk MAP) Program are specified separately by statute, regulation, or FEMA policy (primarily the Standards for Flood Risk Analysis and Mapping). This document provides guidance to support the requirements and recommends approaches for effective and efficient implementation. Alternate approaches that comply with all requirements are acceptable. For more information, please visit the FEMA Guidelines and Standards for Flood Risk Analysis and Mapping webpage (/guidelines-and-standards-flood-risk-analysis-and- mapping). Copies of the Standards for Flood Risk Analysis and Mapping policy, related guidance, technical references, and other information about the guidelines and standards development process are all available here. You can also search directly by document title at /library. First Order Approximation November 2014 Guidance Document 27 Page i Document History Affected Section or Date Description Subsection Initial version of transformed guidance. The content was November First Publication formalized from draft guidance previously developed and 2014 is being published separately from the standards. Section 2.4 Submittal November Moved content to Data Capture Guidance – Workflow Guidelines 2015 Details document. First Order Approximation