Marys Community Development Department, the Coastal Regional Commission, the Georgia Department of Natural Resources Coastal Resources Division, the University of Georgia Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant, and The Nature Conservancy. The Flood Awareness Tool is a brought to you via a partnership between the Camden County Community Rating System, Erosion & Sedimentation Coordinator, the City of St. The Camden County Hurricane Guide is available online. During an emergency event, please consult the Camden County Emergency Management or Georgia Emergency Management Agency. For more information, visit The Nature Conservancy’s Coastal Resilience website.Ĥ. Preserving dune systems protects communities from storm surge impacts. Protecting and restoring open space in floodplains, marshes, and wetlands provides more areas for flood waters to be absorbed. Consider green alternatives and nature-based solutions, such as living shorelines in lieu of bulkheads. Are there opportunities to keep open greenspace or remove or limit impervious surfaces to capture flood waters? Consider leaving buffers between buildings and waterways, and especially along eroding banks.ģ. Visit FEMA’s Flood Smart website or your local insurance agent to learn more.Ģ. Purchase flood insurance based on your current and future flood risk, not just based on DFIRMs (Digital Flood Insurance Rate Maps), to facilitate recovery.Camden County Office of Floodplain Management.Camden County Office of Planning and Development.Build responsibly by obtaining a permit to raise homes above minimum flood height standards by contacting your local community planning offices:.What type of flood insurance or permitting is most appropriate?

Consider how your risk might change over the life of your property ownership. There are also maps that combine future sea level rise scenarios with storm surge data.Īfter using the flood risk app to understand your current and potential future flood risk, there are a variety of steps property owners and developers can take to reduce impacts to themselves and their property.ġ. The app displays the extent of anticipated flooding based on various hurricane categories.

Storm Surge: When hurricanes push water onto land above and beyond predicted tides, this is called storm surge.

The App incorporates future sea level scenarios using three sea level rise projections (intermediate, intermediate high, and high) over four future timeframes (2025, 2050, 2075, and 2100). These risks should be considered when making decisions about flood insurance needs, building requirements, and future land use.

Sea Level Rise: Sea level rise will increase flooding impacts from other sources, such as storm surge and king tides.

The Flood Risk App enables users to visualize the flooding risk posed by a variety of sources: Note: This app is not intended to provide real-time flooding risks or evacuation information or substitute for engaging your local city or county floodplain management office or officials. More information is available through the Flood Risk App Fact Sheet (PDF). Visit the Flood Risk App online (desktop version) or via your mobile device.

Reduce Risk: Provides actionable steps to reduce flood risk, prepare for extreme weather events, and local resources that can help.

Visualize Risk: Comprehensive flood risk maps help bring awareness and promote smart land use planning, property purchasing, or renovation decisions.

Know Your Risk: Understand general flood risk by bringing together local infrastructure and land use data with current and future flood risk data, including sea level rise estimations.

Camden County promotes current and future residents using the Flood Risk App to: The online tool is designed to help planning officials, decision makers, and current and future residents make informed decisions to prepare for and reduce the impacts of flooding. The Flood Awareness Tool, or Flood Risk App, is part of the Camden County ‘Rise Ready’ coastal resilience toolkit.

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