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The best source for information specific to your property or policy is your insurance agent.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has released preliminary Digital Flood Insurance Rate Maps (DFIRMs) and corresponding Flood Insurance Study (FIS) Report for Doña Ana County. These DFIRMs contain proposed Special Flood Hazard Areas as determined by Flood Insurance Studies performed by the City of Las Cruces, the Doña Ana County Flood Commission and FEMA.
This project is part of FEMAs initiative to modernize FIRMs nationwide. The flood hazard information presented on the DFIRM includes Special Flood Hazard Areas which are the areas that would be inundated by the 100-year flood and Base Flood Elevations (BFEs). Due to the decertification of portions of the Rio Grande levee system, some areas along the river are in newly designated FEMA Special Flood Hazard Areas.
These preliminary DFIRMs may be viewed on this website or in several locations throughout the county:
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Doña Ana County Flood Commission Office 845 N. Motel Blvd, Room 1-250 Las Cruces, NM 88007 |
City of Las Cruces Branigan Memorial Library 200 E. Picacho Avenue Las Cruces, NM 88001 |
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Village of Hatch City of Office 400 Highway 187 Hatch, NM 87937 |
City of Sunland Park Sunland Park City Hall 1000 McNutt Road Sunland Park, NM 88063 |
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Town of Mesilla Mesilla Town Hall 2231 Avendida de Mesilla Mesilla, NM 88046 |
Anthony New Mexico Anthony Water & Sanitation District 1155 Fourth Street Anthony, New Mexico |
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Chaparral New Mexico CBG Water Company 150 W. Lisa Drive Chaparral, New Mexico and Lake Section Water Company 301 Paseo Real Drive Chaparral, New Mexico |
Additional locations are being secured and more information will follow.
Preliminary DFIRMs may also be viewed at the following website hosted by:
Earth Data Analysis Center
University of New Mexico
Host site for New Mexico Multi-Hazard Flood Map Source
Map Modernization Program
http://nm-mms.unm.edu/
FEMA may initiate a statutory 90-day appeal period for community officials and any other interested party to submit scientific or technical information that would serve to refute the information in the DFIRMs. Any questions can be directed to the Doņa Ana Flood Commission at (575) 647-7256. City of Las Cruces residents may call Public Works at 528-3131.
