The Missouri State Emergency Management Agency is the coordinating state agency for the National Flood Insurance Program. Floodplain management is the operation of a community program of corrective and preventative measures for reducing flood damage. These measures take a variety of forms and generally include requirements for zoning, subdivision or building, and special-purpose floodplain ordinances. A community's agreement to adopt and enforce floodplain management ordinances, particularly with respect to new construction is an important element in making flood insurance available to home and businesses owners.
The Floodplain Section works with both local jurisdictions and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to make sure National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) regulations are met. In addition, the State of Missouri is a Cooperating Technical Partner with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in the updating and development of new Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRM) used by the public for determining the locations of floodplains.
Maps and other Floodplain Management information is helpful to many people including local officials, emergency managers, and private property owners, as well as engineers and surveyors, insurance agents, lenders, realtors, Missouri State Officials and members of the Missouri Floodplain & Stormwater Managers Association (MFSMA). For more information, please feel free to visit our Floodplain Map Modernization website located at http://sema.stage.ursdcmetro.com, or call (573) 526-9115 or (573) 526-9209 and ask to speak with a member of our Floodplain Management/National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) staff.