Kentucky Flood Plain Maps

These maps include the city of falmouth and provide the public with a way to view current and predicted river levels. Flood risk mapping is an important part of the national flood insurance program, as it is the basis of the nfip regulations and flood insurance requirements. Gis layers from step 3 are combined with base map layers to form the indundation maps.

Flood maps show how likely it is for an area to flood. Once maps are adopted and made final, effective map information can be viewed on the riskmap portal at watermaps.ky.gov/riskportal Fema flood zones are flood risk areas identified on the flood insurance rate map.

New and preliminary kentucky flood maps provide the public an early look at a home or community’s projected risk to flood hazards.

Fema flood map project updates: This page is for homeowners who want to understand how their current effective flood map may change when the preliminary fema maps becomes effective. The premiums here total $226,961 with 205 active flood policies. Official reading of crest at sixth and main sts.