Estimated Base Flood Elevation Viewer - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/tag/estimated-base-flood-elevation-viewer/ Building "Bridges" Across the Bayou City! Wed, 07 May 2025 22:14:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://i0.wp.com/houstonnewmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/cropped-cropped-Houston.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Estimated Base Flood Elevation Viewer - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/tag/estimated-base-flood-elevation-viewer/ 32 32 103504436 Is It Safe to Build 7,000 Homes on Ryko Land? https://houstonnewmedia.org/is-it-safe-to-build-7000-homes-on-ryko-land/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=is-it-safe-to-build-7000-homes-on-ryko-land Wed, 07 May 2025 22:14:11 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=50540 A developer named Ryko has announced plans to build 7000 homes on floodplain land that could be inundated with 7 to 25 feet of floodwater in the next 0.2% annual chance storm. The Houston area has had four such storms in the last 10 years. From a public policy perspective, that raises three questions: Developer’s […]

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]]> 950126 New MoCo Development Being Built on Wetlands in 10-Year Flood Zone https://houstonnewmedia.org/new-moco-development-being-built-on-wetlands-in-10-year-flood-zone/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-moco-development-being-built-on-wetlands-in-10-year-flood-zone Thu, 27 Jan 2022 12:08:24 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=30912 At least part of Madera, a new 1,700-acre development in Montgomery County that straddles FM1314 immediately north of SH242, is being built on wetlands and is in a 10-year flood zone. US Fish & Wildlife Map Shows Wetlands Dot Development FEMA’s Base Flood Elevation Viewer Shows Flood Risk Note that this survey shows only about […]

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