Planning Department
Floodplain Management
Some areas of Middletown fall within a Federal Emergency Managment Agency (FEMA) Special Flood Hazard Area. The official FEMA Flood Insurance Rate (FIRM) maps are below. A non-official depiction of the FEMA data is available via Middletown’s Flood Hazard mapping.
Floodsmart.com provides information on the National Flood Insurance Program. Mandatory Purchase Requirement: Pursuant to the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 and the National Flood Insurance Reform Act of 1994, the purchase of flood insurance is mandatory for all federal or federally related financial assistance for the acquisition and/or construction of buildings in Special Flood Hazard Areas (SFHAs). An SFHA is defined as any A or V flood zone on a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM). Middletown provides more details on the basics of the mandatory flood insurance here.
For interactive mapping from the Federal Emergency Managment Agency (FEMA), visit FEMA’s Map Service Center, where you can type an address to retrieve data. Below are copies of FEMA’s FIRM maps which delineate both the special hazard areas and the risk premium zones applicable to Middletown.
Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRM)
Panels effective September 4, 2013:
44005C0201J
44005C0181J
44005C0113J
44005C0093J
44005C0091J
44005C0087J
44005C00182J
Panels effective April 5, 2010:
44005c0089H
44005c0092H
44005c0094H
Additional Flood Resources
Rhode Island Emergency Management Agency
Flood Insurance Study report for Newport County preliminarily completed on March 21, 2012