Flood Awareness: Public Resources
Ashley Poe
Water Resources Engineer
To better plan and prepare for flooding events, it is important to be aware of available resources.
Our stormwater group has compiled the following list of national and state websites, and while it is not intended to be a comprehensive list, we hope that it helps in raising awareness of the information available to the public with regards to flooding.
National
- Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service
- FEMA’s National Flood Hazard Layer Viewer
- FEMA’s National Flood Insurance Program
- FEMA’s Estimated Base Flood Elevation Viewer
- Interagency Flood Risk Management
- National Weather Service
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Hurricane Center
- NOAA Tide Gauges
- Office of Water Prediction
- Southeast River Forecast Center
- USGS Mapper
- USGS Flood Event Viewer
Texas
Flood Warning Systems and Near-Real-Time Data
- Texas Water Development Board Texas Flood Gage Data
- Texas Water Development Board Mesonet
- Harris County Flood Warning System
- City of Austin Flood Early Warning System
- Lower Colorado River Authority Hydromet
- United States Geological Survey Texas Water Dashboard
- Brazos River Authority Brazos Basin NOW
- San Antonio Low Water Crossings
- Flood Data North Texas
- Fort Worth Flood Warning Sensor
Hydrologic and Hydraulic Models
Floodplains & Floodplain Maps
- Harris County Floodplain Viewer
- City of Austin FloodPro
- San Antonio River Authority Floodplain Viewer
Organizations & Research
- Texas Floodplain Management Association
- Texas Water Resources Institute
- Texas Water Development Board State Flood Assessment
Specifically, for Homeowners
New Mexico and Texas
Oklahoma, Arkansas, Southern Kansas and Northern Texas
New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana
Georgia
North Carolina
- North Carolina Flood Risk Information System (FRIS)
- Flood Inundation Mapping and Alert Network (FIMAN)
- Charlotte-Mecklenburg Flood Information and Notification System (FINS)
South Carolina
Ashley Poe, PE, CFM, is a Water Resources Engineer in Houston.