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2024 Flood Preparedness Week – October 19-26
The 2024 Flood Preparedness Week is here and the Ventura County Public Works Agency, Watershed Protection has put together loads of resources to help you prepare. On the heels of
Revision of FEMA Flood Maps in Santa Clara River Watershed
June 12, 2024 FEMA published revised flood maps for much of the Santa Clara River Watershed on April 11, 2024, to reflect changes in hydrology, topography, and advances in computer
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
