National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) Policy Index

• Definition/Description
• Guidance
• Related Keywords

Definition/Description

A Flood Insurance Survey (FIS) is a compilation and presentation of flood risk data for specific watercourses, lakes, and coastal flood hazard areas within a community. When a flood study is completed for the NFIP, the information and maps are assembled into an FIS. The FIS report contains detailed flood elevation data in flood profiles and data tables.

Guidance

• IS-9 Managing Floodplain Development Through The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) (page 3-8) (PDF 8MB, TXT 1MB) (entire document)
• How to Read a Flood Insurance Study Online Tutorial
• How to Order Technical and Administrative Support Data for Flood Insurance Studies/Restudies and Map Revisions

Related Keywords

• Flood Profile
• Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM)