Dallas County Floodplain Management Regulations
NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM / U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) and Flood Insurance Studies (FIS) have been created by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to show different degrees of flood risk for a community. Rates of risk help determine the cost of flood insurance. FEMA has provided Dallas County with FIRMs and FIS having an effective date of March 21st, 2019. These maps are divided into a grid system known as panels
Please go to the following weblink below to locate, view, and print the Digital Flood Insurance Rate Maps (DFIRM) and Flood Insurance Study Information.
FEMA Flood Map Service Center (Dallas County, TX)
NOTE: The Flood Insurance Rate Maps are changing for Dallas County. The revised Flood Insurance Rate Maps may be viewed here.
More information regarding the Flood Insurance Rate Map changes may be found here.
A 90 day comment period is active until August 5, 2021.
Flood Insurance Studies (FIS)
A Flood Insurance Study (FIS) is a compilation and presentation of flood risk data for specific watercourses, lakes, and coastal flood hazard areas within a community. The FIS report contains detailed flood elevation data in flood profiles and data tables.
Current FIRM panels and FIS reports may also be viewed at Dallas County Map Repository located at the following address:
Dallas County Public Works Department
411 Elm Street, 4th Floor
Dallas, Texas 75202-3375
Tel: 214-653-6392
Fax: 214-653-6445
Contact Lissa Shepard, P.E., C.F.M., Senior Bridge Engineer and Floodplain Manager, 214-653-7426, or
Email: Lissa.Shepard@dallascounty.org, should you have any technical questions.
Dallas County only has jurisdiction over the Unincorporated Areas of Dallas County. For questions related to floodplains in cities, you will need to contact the Floodplain Administrator of that city.
A Dallas County Floodplain Development Permit is required for development within unincorporated areas of Dallas County that are located within the floodplain. The permit application may be found here.
Additionally, Dallas County participates in the Trinity Common Vision Program. More information on the Trinity Common Vision Program may be found here.
Dallas County is an active participant in the Corridor Development Certificate Program (CDC). More information can be found here.
NFIP Program questions may be directed to:
Federal Emergency Management Agency
FRC 800 North Loop 288
Denton, Texas 76209-3698
Attn: Consultation Coordination Officer
Tel: 940-898-5225
