This item has been moved to mature support. Please see What's new for more information.

Overview

Floodplain Inquiry is a configuration of the Information Lookup application that can be used by the general public, land development companies, and real estate professionals to locate parcels impacted by FEMA floodplain boundaries.

This application provides access to authoritative floodplain boundary information (DFIRM panels) provided by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) so informed decisions can be made during land development and home buying processes.

Requirements

To deploy Floodplain Inquiry with the ArcGIS Solutions Deployment Tool requires specific software.

Requirement Description
Software
Solution deployment
  • ArcGIS Pro 2.1 - 2.2 (Basic, Standard, or Advanced)
Solution hosting
  • ArcGIS Online, or
  • ArcGIS Enterprise 10.5 - 10.6 (Standard or Advanced) with managed data store
Application
  • Information Lookup (configurable application template)

To manually deploy Floodplain Inquiry in your organization requires specific software.

Requirement Description
Software
Map authoring
  • ArcGIS Online, or
  • ArcGIS Enterprise 10.5 - 10.6 (Standard or Advanced)
GIS service hosting
  • ArcGIS Online, or
  • ArcGIS 10.4 for Server (Standard or Advanced), or
  • ArcGIS Enterprise 10.5 - 10.6 (Standard or Advanced)
Application
  • Information Lookup (configurable application template)

What you get

Floodplain Inquiry can be deployed in your ArcGIS organization without downloading the solution. When you deploy Floodplain Inquiry in your organization, you'll find the following:

Item Name Description
Application Floodplain Inquiry An application used by the general public to locate parcels impacted by FEMA floodplain boundaries.
Map Floodplain Inquiry A map used in the Floodplain Inquiry application to locate parcels impacted by FEMA floodplain boundaries.
Feature layers FloodZones A feature layer used to store FEMA flood hazard areas identified on the Flood Insurance Rate Map.
SiteAddresses A feature layer used to store site or service delivery addresses.
TaxParcels A feature layer used to store divisions of land for the sole purposes equitable taxation, combined with assessing and tax information from CAMA and Tax systems.

What's New

Below are the release dates and notes for Floodplain Inquiry.

Date Description
January 2019
  • Floodplain Inquiry has been moved to mature support.
March 2017
  • Floodplain Inquiry can now be deployed in your ArcGIS Organization with the ArcGIS Solutions Deployment Tool.
  • Updated sample data.
September 2016
  • Sample data updated
October 2015
  • A revised configuration of Information Lookup web application template that uses the boundary of a parcel to determine if it intersects with a flood zone.
August 2014
  • First release of Floodplain Inquiry
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