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- Flood Map Information Available
Floodplain Management in Westport
Westport Hazard Mitigation Plan Progress Report 2024
- NFIP Claims Handbook
- How to Start Filing Your Flood Insurance Claim
- Video: How to Document Damage
- Starting Your Recovery Fact Sheet
- Wind Damage Versus Flood Water Damage Fact Sheet
- Salvaging Water-Damaged Family Valuable and Heirlooms
- Questions & Answers About the NFIP for Real Estate Professionals
- Reducing Future Flood Damage
- Preparing for a Flood (Connecticut Department of Public Health (DPH))
- Information for homeowners on private wells, sewage & clean-up (DPH)
- Flood Insurance (Connecticut Insurance Department)
- National Flood Insurance Program
- Federal Emergency Management Association website (FEMA)
- Floodsmart.gov — The Official Site of the National Flood Insurance Program
- Department of Homeland Security website
- FEMA Flood Insurance: December 2012, Considerations for Rebuilding [PDF]
- Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Flood Map Service Center
- Build Back Safer [FEMA, PDF]
- Flooding in Westport: Things to Know 2025 [PDF]
- Westport Flood Zone Map, 2013 [PDF]
- Hurricane Inundation Map, 2012 [PDF]
- Hurricane Home Preparation Guide [PDF]
- Are YOU ready? (Westport Weston Official Emergency Preparedness Guide) [PDF]
- After the Storm: A Citizen's Guide to Understanding Stormwater [PDF]
- Entering your home after a flood [PDF]
- Drying out your home after a flood: The first steps [PDF]
- After a flood: The first steps [PDF]
- A brief guide to mold, moisture, and your home [PDF]
- Repairing your flooded home [PDF]
Floodplain Information
Local Information
FEMA Flood Map Changes (Anticipated to be Adopted in Fall 2026)
FEMA Region I Map Update Guide found here https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/747e0a9bcde14ad09323d3cb9a181e9d
This guide provides a general overview of the map update process.
Map Changes and Flood Insurance:
https://agents.floodsmart.gov/resource-library/en/nfip-map-changes-and-flood-insurance-what-property-owners-need-know-brochure
This publication provides residents with information on flood insurance requirements that may result from a flood map change.
The new proposed maps are available for review by viewing through the links provided below.
Preliminary Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRM) and Flood Insurance Studies (FIS):
https://hazards.fema.gov/femaportal/prelimdownload/
Select “Connecticut” as the State, Select “Fairfield County” as the County from the drop down boxes. This website provides a total list of the affected panels in the watershed. Here is the list of affected panels for Westport: 0392, 0394, 0403, 0404, 0411, 0412, 0413, 0414, 0416, 0418, 0551, 0552.
For a resident to find which flood map panel pertains to their address, they should first go to the FEMA Map Service Center website https://msc.fema.gov and type their address into the search box.
FEMA Flood Map Changes Viewer:
https://fema.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=e7a7dc3ebd7f4ad39bb8e485bb64ce44
This viewer will show the preliminary panels and has an address search box.
FEMA Flood Hazard and Risk Data Viewer:
https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/e492db86d9b348399f4bd20330b4b274/page/Page/?views=Sea-Level-Dataset%2CPrelim
On left hand side under the category Preliminary Flood Hazard Data, click on “View Map” to see the preliminary flood maps. To see current flood map for comparison, under the category of Effective Flood Hazard Data, click on “View Map”. Data layers can be turned on and off in the upper right corner. You can search by address.
After the appeal period ends, FEMA will evaluate the data received and revise the preliminary FIRM and FIS if appropriate. Once all appeals are resolved, FEMA will send an appeal resolution letter to the community and all appellants.
For questions regarding the new mapping or appeals process, please contact Planning and Zoning Director Michelle Perillie, at (203) 341-1076 or mperillie@westportct.gov.
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