Notice2026-20916
Final Flood Hazard Determinations
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Published
October 14, 2026
Issuing agencies
Homeland Security DepartmentFederal Emergency Management Agency
Abstract
Flood hazard determinations, which may include additions or modifications of Base Flood Elevations (BFEs), base flood depths, Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA) boundaries or zone designations, or regulatory floodways on the Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) and where applicable, in the supporting Flood Insurance Study (FIS) reports have been made final for the communities listed in the table below. The FIRM and FIS report are the basis of the floodplain management measures that a community is required either to adopt or to show evidence of having an effect in order to qualify or remain qualified for participation in the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA's) National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP).
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 197 (Wednesday, October 14, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65237-65238]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-20916]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency
[Docket ID FEMA-2026-0002]
Final Flood Hazard Determinations
AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland
Security.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: Flood hazard determinations, which may include additions or
modifications of Base Flood Elevations (BFEs), base flood depths,
Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA) boundaries or zone designations, or
regulatory floodways on the Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) and where
applicable, in the supporting Flood Insurance Study (FIS) reports have
been made final for the communities listed in the table below. The FIRM
and FIS report are the basis of the floodplain management measures that
a community is required either to adopt or to show evidence of having
an effect in order to qualify or remain qualified for participation in
the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA's) National Flood
Insurance Program (NFIP).
DATES: The date of February 5, 2027 has been established for the FIRM
and, where applicable, the supporting FIS report showing the new or
modified flood hazard information for each community.
ADDRESSES: The FIRM, and if applicable, the FIS report containing the
final flood hazard information for each community is available for
inspection at the respective Community Map Repository address listed in
the tables below and will be available online through the FEMA Map
Service Center at <a href="https://msc.fema.gov">https://msc.fema.gov</a> by the date indicated above.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David N. Bascom, Director, Engineering
and Modeling Division, Federal Insurance Directorate, Resilience, FEMA,
400 C Street SW, Washington, DC 20472, or (email)
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a8ccc9dec1cc86cac9dbcbc7c5e8cecdc5c986ccc0db86cfc7de"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2f4b4e59464b014d4e5c4c40426f494a424e014b475c01484059">[email protected]</span></a>; or visit the FEMA Mapping and Insurance
eXchange (FMIX) online at <a href="https://www.floodmaps.fema.gov/fhm/fmx_main.html">https://www.floodmaps.fema.gov/fhm/fmx_main.html</a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Federal Emergency Management Agency
(FEMA) makes the final determinations listed below for the new or
modified flood hazard information for each community listed.
Notification of these changes has been published in newspapers of local
circulation and 90 days have elapsed since that publication. The Acting
Deputy Assistant Administrator, Federal Insurance Directorate,
Resilience has resolved any appeals resulting from this notification.
This final notice is issued in accordance with section 110 of the
Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, 42 U.S.C. 4104, and 44 CFR part
67. FEMA has developed criteria for floodplain management in floodprone
areas in accordance with 44 CFR part 60.
Interested lessees and owners of real property are encouraged to
review the new or revised FIRM and FIS report available at the address
cited below for each community or online through the FEMA Map Service
Center at <a href="https://msc.fema.gov">https://msc.fema.gov</a>.
The flood hazard determinations are made final in the watersheds
and/or communities listed in the table below.
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 97.022, ``Flood
Insurance.'')
David M. Gudinas,
Acting Deputy Assistant Administrator, Federal Insurance Directorate,
Resilience Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland
Security.
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Community map repository
Community address
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Carteret County, North Carolina and Incorporated Areas
Docket No.: FEMA-B-1718 and B-2544
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Town of Atlantic Beach................. Town Hall, 125 West Fort Macon
Road, Atlantic Beach, NC
28512.
Town of Beaufort....................... Town Hall, 701 Front Street,
Beaufort, NC 28516.
Town of Morehead City.................. City Hall, 1100 Bridges Street,
Morehead City, NC 28557.
Town of Newport........................ Town Hall, 200 Howard
Boulevard, Newport, NC 28570.
Unincorporated Areas of Carteret County Carteret County Planning and
Development, 3820 Bridges
Street, Suite B, Morehead
City, NC 28557.
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Onslow County, North Carolina and Incorporated Areas
Docket No.: FEMA-B-1718 and B-2544
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City of Jacksonville................... City Hall, 815 New Bridge
Street, Jacksonville, NC
28540.
Unincorporated Areas of Onslow County.. Onslow County Floodplain
Administration, 234 Northwest
Corridor Boulevard,
Jacksonville, NC 28540.
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[FR Doc. 2026-20916 Filed 10-13-26; 8:45 am]
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