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Photo: North Carolina Statewide Watershed Floodplain Mapping
Headline: North Carolina Statewide Watershed Floodplain Mapping
Client: The State of North Carolina
Hurricane Floyd image courtesy of NOAA
Location: North Carolina

Description: Part of a statewide elevation data and floodplain mapping program conducted in accordance with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) digital flood insurance rate maps (DFIRM) specifications.

Significant Facts:

  • The State of North Carolina has become "the model program" for FEMA's Cooperating Technical Partnership (CTP) Initiative.
  • Produced 1,700 linear miles of automated H&H modeling in 12 months.
  • Populated the NCFM database.


Photograph: North Carolina Statewide Watershed Floodplain Mapping
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Project Services: G&O is providing LiDAR terrain data collection, water resources engineering, GIS and DFIRM mapping, and database services.

Markets: IT & GIS, Water & Environment


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