The map shows high-hazard flood areas those are areas within the yellow borderlines. “There was an aggressive effort to survey properties and develop this interim map as quick as possible, so the community can start to rebuild,” Frye said. “This map will eventually change, in the next four to five years when our hills are re-vegetated,” he said.įollowing the January 9 debris flow, it was universally acknowledged that previous FEMA flood maps were no longer relevant, though this new map does not replace the current FIRM (FEMA Insurance Rate Map), that determines insurance rates that map will be redeveloped in about four to five years. Flood Control Engineering manager Jon Frye tells us the map is considered a 100-year flood map, and shows where clear water will flood if debris basins and creek channels are full, during this interim period while our watershed recovers from the Thomas Fire. The map, which is officially called the Interim Flood Advisory Recovery Map, reflects updated flood plains – areas that can be expected to flood in heavy rainfalls – and new elevations that resulted from the events related to the January 9 debris flow. Five months after the catastrophic debris flow that damaged or destroyed 470 homes in Montecito and took the lives of 23 members of our community, FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) released an updated flood map on June 11, which will stand as the basis on which property owners rebuild their homes.
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