Fort Pierre has until mid-October (Oct. 14, 2021) to either remediate all violations or prepare a compliance plan approved by FEMA or the town will be placed on probationary status by the National Flood Insurance Program.
FEMA Region 8 Program Specialist Tom Birney says there are currently nine violations of the city’s floodplain management program.
Birney says FEMA believes the violations are in residential areas.
Birney talks about what types of violations need to be corrected.
Birney says should the town be placed on probation in October, flood insurance coverage would remain available, however, a $50 surcharge will be added to the premium of each new and renewed flood insurance policy sold within the community for at least one year from the effective date of probation. He says FEMA will continue to provide technical assistance and guidance to the city to resolve program deficiencies and correct the violations to help ensure that Fort Pierre residents and property owners continue to have flood insurance coverage available.
As of July 9, 2021, there are 103 NFIP participating insurance policies in Fort Pierre with a total coverage of more than $28.2 million.
On the FEMA Map Service Center website there’s a tool you can use to look at the flood risk of any property by entering the location information.
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