Introduction to the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP)

FEMA:

• National Flood Insurance Program Main Page
• Mandatory Purchase of Flood Insurance Guidelines
• Facts About the NFIP
• Flood Insurance Manual

FEMA:

• Flood Maps
• Homeowner’s Guide to Retrofitting: Six Ways to Protect Your House from Flooding
• Protecting Building Utility Systems from Flood Damage
• Prepare before and After a Flood
• Elevated Residential Structures
• Above the Flood: Elevating Your Floodprone House
• Protecting Manufactured Homes from Floods and Other Hazards
• Avoiding Flood Damage: A Checklist for Homeowners
• Answers to Questions About Substantially Improved/Substantially Damaged Buildings

• Guilford County Hazard Mitigation Program
• Protecting Floodplain Resources (FEMA)

City of Greensboro 

• Report Drainage Concerns
• Drain Marker (Volunteer Program)
• Adopt-a-Stream/Clean-a-Creek (Volunteer Programs)
• Haw River Assembly Trash Trap Program

FEMA - Federal Emergency Management Agency

• FloodSmart | National Flood Insurance Program
• National Risk Index

USGS - US Geological Survey

• National Water Information System: Web Interface (Real-Time Stream Gage Data)

USACE - US Army Corps of Engineers
EPA - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
NOAA - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NWS - National Weather Service
HUD - US Department of Housing and Urban Development

State of North Carolina:

• NCEM- NC Department of Public Safety - Division of Emergency Management
  • Advisory Flood Data (Hazards, Risk and Mitigation)
• FRIS - Flood Risk Information System
• Flood.NC.gov (Flood Risk, History of NC Flooding)
• FIMAN - Flood Inundation Mapping and Alert Network

NCGS - NC Geodetic Survey

NCDEQ - NC Department of Environmental Quality

GICC/Statewide Mapping Advisory Committee - NC Geographic Information Coordinating Council

NCLM - League of Municipalities