Create a FIRMette for 235 East River Drive, East Hartford, Connecticut where the site is approximately located in the center of the FIRMette. Answer the questions in the attached worksheet using the FIRM and FIS. You will need Volume 1 (Table 10 – Summary of Discharges), Volume 2 (Table 24 – Floodway Data) and Volume 6 (flood profile 63P) of the FIS for Hartford County, Connecticut. You may want to print the flood profile 63P for this exercise and you will need a ruler or engineer’s scale.
Using Inland DFIRM and FIS
Learning Outcomes: 1, 2, 3
Create a FIRMette for 235 East River Drive, East Hartford, Connecticut where
the site is approximately located in the center of the FIRMette. Answer the
questions in the attached worksheet using the FIRM and FIS. You will need
Volume 1 (Table 10 – Summary of Discharges), Volume 2 (Table 24 – Floodway
Data) and Volume 6 (flood profile 63P) of the FIS for Hartford County,
Connecticut. You may want to print the flood profile 63P for this exercise and
you will need a ruler or engineer’s scale.
EMGT 6630 – Module 3: Map Exercise #3
Using Inland DFIRM and FIS
Create a FIRMette for 235 East River Drive, East Hartford, Connecticut where the site is located,
roughly, in the center of the FIRMette. Answer the following questions using the FIRM and FIS.
Enter your answers in the Answer column, save your work and upload the completed worksheet
in the Map Exercise #3 Assignment in Blackboard.
Question
1. Is the property located within a SFHA?
2. Is the property located within a floodway?
3. What watercourse? is the property
located on?
4. What is the scale of the FIRM?
5. What is the flood zone for the property?
6. What is the BFE for the property?
7. What is the effective date of the FIRM?
8. What is the FIRM Panel Number?
9. What is the CID Number for East
Hartford?
Answer
10. What other town is shown on this FIRM?
11. What does the “G” mean at the end of
the Map Panel Number?
12. What is the datum used on the FIRM?
13. What is the nearest cross-section to the
location?
14. What is the width of the floodway at this
cross-section?
15. What is the velocity of floodwater at this
cross-section?
16. What is the BFE at this cross-section?
17. What is the 10-year, 50-year and 500year flood elevations for this cross-section?
18. How many feet is this cross-section
above Saybrook Breakwater Light?
19. What special feature is located in the
area of this site?
20. Would a lender require flood insurance
for a mortgage in this location? Why not?
