FEMA releases new Elevation Certificate
On July 7, 2023 FEMA released the updated Elevation Certificate that supersedes the old version that had a listed expiration date of November 30, 2022. FEMA does not implement a […]
2023 EMERGENCY STORM CLEANUP
Sadly, many areas of Ventura County suffered significant damage in the series of storms in early 2023. To help facilitate the cleanup effort, Watershed Protection (WP) prepared a regulatory guidance […]
SANTA CLARA RIVER WATERSHED FLOOD INSURANCE RE-STUDY
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in collaboration with Ventura County local communities has been conducting a Flood Insurance Re-Study (FIS) for the Santa Clara River watershed. The study area […]
VENTURA COUNTY LEVEE RESTUDY
FEMA has partnered with their Strategic Alliance for Risk Reduction (STARR II) contractors to initiate a new study of the provisionally accredited levees (PAL) in Ventura County. This study is […]
RISK RATING 2.0
On April 1, 2022, FEMA adopted a new flood insurance risk rating methodology known as Risk Rating 2.0. The new approach incorporates private sector data sets, catastrophe models and evolving […]
VENTURA RIVER WATERSHED STUDY HISTORY
FEMA released the Preliminary Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) on December 23, 2015. Following the release, public outreach meetings were held in October 2016 to introduce the preliminary maps to […]
COASTAL WATERSHED STUDY HISTORY
FEMA released the Preliminary Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) on December 23, 2015. Following the release, public outreach meetings were held in October 2016 to introduce the preliminary maps to […]
