SANTA ROSA COUNTY, FLORIDA

VOLUME 1 OF 1

SANTA ROSA COUNTY,

FLORIDA

AND INCORPORATED AREAS

COMMUNITY NAME GULF BREEZE, CITY OF JAY, TOWN OF MILTON, CITY OF SANTA ROSA COUNTY, UNINCORPORATED AREAS

COMMUNITY NUMBER 120275 120339 120276

120274

REVISED:

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

FLOOD INSURANCE STUDY NUMBER 12113CV000B

Version Number 1.3.1.2

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Volume 1

SECTION 1.0 ? INTRODUCTION 1.1 The National Flood Insurance Program 1.2 Purpose of this Flood Insurance Study Report 1.3 Jurisdictions Included in the Flood Insurance Study Project 1.4 Considerations for using this Flood Insurance Study Report

SECTION 2.0 ? FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT APPLICATIONS 2.1 Floodplain Boundaries 2.2 Floodways 2.3 Base Flood Elevations 2.4 Non-Encroachment Zones 2.5 Coastal Flood Hazard Areas

2.5.1 Water Elevations and the Effects of Waves 2.5.2 Floodplain Boundaries and BFEs for Coastal Areas 2.5.3 Coastal High Hazard Areas 2.5.4 Limit of Moderate Wave Action

SECTION 3.0 ? INSURANCE APPLICATIONS 3.1 National Flood Insurance Program Insurance Zones

SECTION 4.0 ? AREA STUDIED 4.1 Basin Description 4.2 Principal Flood Problems 4.3 Non-Levee Flood Protection Measures 4.4 Levees

SECTION 5.0 ? ENGINEERING METHODS 5.1 Hydrologic Analyses 5.2 Hydraulic Analyses 5.3 Coastal Analyses

5.3.1 Total Stillwater Elevations 5.3.2 Waves 5.3.3 Coastal Erosion 5.3.4 Wave Hazard Analyses 5.4 Alluvial Fan Analyses

SECTION 6.0 ? MAPPING METHODS 6.1 Vertical and Horizontal Control 6.2 Base Map 6.3 Floodplain and Floodway Delineation 6.4 Coastal Flood Hazard Mapping 6.5 FIRM Revisions

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6.5.1 Letters of Map Amendment

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6.5.2 Letters of Map Revision Based on Fill

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6.5.3 Letters of Map Revision

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6.5.4 Physical Map Revisions

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6.5.5 Contracted Restudies

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6.5.6 Community Map History

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SECTION 7.0 ? CONTRACTED STUDIES AND COMMUNITY COORDINATION 121

7.1 Contracted Studies

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7.2 Community Meetings

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SECTION 8.0 ? ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

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SECTION 9.0 ? BIBLIOGRAPHY AND REFERENCES

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Figures

Figure 1: FIRM Panel Index Figure 2: FIRM Notes to Users Figure 3: Map Legend for FIRM Figure 4: Floodway Schematic Figure 5: Wave Runup Transect Schematic Figure 6: Coastal Transect Schematic Figure 7: Frequency Discharge-Drainage Area Curves Figure 8: 1% Annual Chance Total Stillwater Elevations for Coastal Areas Figure 9: Transect Location Map

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Tables

Table 1: Listing of NFIP Jurisdictions Table 2: Flooding Sources Included in this FIS Report Table 3: Flood Zone Designations by Community Table 4: Basin Characteristics Table 5: Principal Flood Problems Table 6: Historic Flooding Elevations Table 7: Non-Levee Flood Protection Measures Table 8: Levees Table 9: Summary of Discharges Table 10: Summary of Non-Coastal Stillwater Elevations Table 11: Stream Gage Information used to Determine Discharges Table 12: Summary of Hydrologic and Hydraulic Analyses Table 13: Roughness Coefficients Table 14: Summary of Coastal Analyses

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Table 15: Tide Gage Analysis Specifics

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Table 16: Coastal Transect Parameters

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Table 17: Summary of Alluvial Fan Analyses

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Table 18: Results of Alluvial Fan Analyses

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Table 19: Countywide Vertical Datum Conversion

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Table 20: Stream-Based Vertical Datum Conversion

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Table 21: Base Map Sources

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Table 22: Summary of Topographic Elevation Data used in Mapping

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Table 23: Floodway Data

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Table 24: Flood Hazard and Non-Encroachment Data for Selected Streams

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Table 25: Summary of Coastal Transect Mapping Considerations

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Table 26: Incorporated Letters of Map Change

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Table 27: Community Map History

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Table 28: Summary of Contracted Studies Included in this FIS Report

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Table 29: Community Meetings

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Table 30: Map Repositories

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Table 31: Additional Information

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Table 32: Bibliography and References

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Flood Profiles Blackwater River East Bay River Escambia River Pace Mill Creek Pond Creek Yellow River

Volume 1 Exhibits

Panel 01-07 P 08 P 09-13 P 14-15 P 16-18 P 19-20 P

Published Separately Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM)

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FLOOD INSURANCE STUDY REPORT SANTA ROSA COUNTY, FLORIDA

SECTION 1.0 ? INTRODUCTION

1.1 The National Flood Insurance Program

The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) is a voluntary Federal program that enables property owners in participating communities to purchase insurance protection against losses from flooding. This insurance is designed to provide an alternative to disaster assistance to meet the escalating costs of repairing damage to buildings and their contents caused by floods.

For decades, the national response to flood disasters was generally limited to constructing floodcontrol works such as dams, levees, sea-walls, and the like, and providing disaster relief to flood victims. This approach did not reduce losses nor did it discourage unwise development. In some instances, it may have actually encouraged additional development. To compound the problem, the public generally could not buy flood coverage from insurance companies, and building techniques to reduce flood damage were often overlooked.

In the face of mounting flood losses and escalating costs of disaster relief to the general taxpayers, the U.S. Congress created the NFIP. The intent was to reduce future flood damage through community floodplain management ordinances, and provide protection for property owners against potential losses through an insurance mechanism that requires a premium to be paid for the protection.

The U.S. Congress established the NFIP on August 1, 1968, with the passage of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968. The NFIP was broadened and modified with the passage of the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 and other legislative measures. It was further modified by the National Flood Insurance Reform Act of 1994 and the Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2004. The NFIP is administered by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), which is a component of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

Participation in the NFIP is based on an agreement between local communities and the Federal Government. If a community adopts and enforces floodplain management regulations to reduce future flood risks to new construction and substantially improved structures in Special Flood Hazard Areas (SFHAs), the Federal Government will make flood insurance available within the community as a financial protection against flood losses. The community's floodplain management regulations must meet or exceed criteria established in accordance with Title 44 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 60.3, Criteria for Land Management and Use.

SFHAs are delineated on the community's Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs). Under the NFIP, buildings that were built before the flood hazard was identified on the community's FIRMs are generally referred to as "Pre-FIRM" buildings. When the NFIP was created, the U.S. Congress recognized that insurance for Pre-FIRM buildings would be prohibitively expensive if the premiums were not subsidized by the Federal Government. Congress also recognized that most of these floodprone buildings were built by individuals who did not have sufficient knowledge of the flood hazard to make informed decisions. The NFIP requires that full actuarial rates reflecting the complete flood risk be charged on all buildings constructed or substantially improved on or after

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the effective date of the initial FIRM for the community or after December 31, 1974, whichever is later. These buildings are generally referred to as "Post-FIRM" buildings.

1.2 Purpose of this Flood Insurance Study Report

This Flood Insurance Study (FIS) Report revises and updates information on the existence and severity of flood hazards for the study area. The studies described in this report developed flood hazard data that will be used to establish actuarial flood insurance rates and to assist communities in efforts to implement sound floodplain management.

In some states or communities, floodplain management criteria or regulations may exist that are more restrictive than the minimum Federal requirements. Contact your State NFIP Coordinator to ensure that any higher State standards are included in the community's regulations.

1.3 Jurisdictions Included in the Flood Insurance Study Project This FIS Report covers the entire geographic area of Santa Rosa County, Florida.

The jurisdictions that are included in this project area, along with the Community Identification Number (CID) for each community and the 8-digit Hydrologic Unit Codes (HUC-8) sub-basins affecting each, are shown in Table 1. The Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) panel numbers that affect each community are listed. If the flood hazard data for the community is not included in this FIS Report, the location of that data is identified.

Community

Table 1: Listing of NFIP Jurisdictions

HUC-8

Sub-

CID

Basin(s)

Located on FIRM Panel(s)

If Not Included, Location of Flood Hazard Data

Gulf Breeze, City of

120275

03140105

12113C0518G1 12113C0538H 12113C0606H 12113C0608H

12113C0519H 12113C0602H 12113C0607H 12113C0626H

Jay, Town of

120339

03140104 03140304 03140305

12113C0035H

Milton, City of

120276

Escambia County, Unincorporated Areas, Area Not Included

120080

03140104

12113C0314G1 12113C0427H 12113C0435H

03140105 N/A

12113C0320H 12113C0431H

Escambia County FIS Report, 2006

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Community

Santa Rosa County, Unincorporated Areas

Table 1: Listing of NFIP Jurisdictions

CID 120274

HUC-8 SubBasin(s)

Located on FIRM Panel(s)

03140103 03140104 03140105 03140304 03140305

12113C0010G 12113C0030H 12113C0040G 12113C0055H 12113C0065H 12113C0080H 12113C0090G 12113C0105H 12113C0115G 12113C0130G 12113C0140G 12113C0155H 12113C0165H 12113C0180H 12113C0190H 12113C0205H 12113C0215H 12113C0230G 12113C0240G 12113C0255G 12113C0270H 12113C0285H 12113C0291G1 12113C0293H 12113C0305H 12113C0311H 12113C0313H 12113C0320H 12113C0335H 12113C0355H 12113C0360H 12113C0370H 12113C0405H 12113C0408H 12113C0415H 12113C0420H 12113C0427H

12113C0020G 12113C0035H 12113C0045H 12113C0060H 12113C0070H 12113C0085H 12113C0095G 12113C0110H 12113C0120G 12113C0135G 12113C0145G 12113C0160H 12113C0170H 12113C0185H 12113C0195H 12113C0210G 12113C0220G 12113C0235H 12113C0245H 12113C0260G 12113C0280G 12113C0290H 12113C0292H 12113C0294H 12113C0310H 12113C0312G1 12113C0314G1 12113C0330H 12113C0340H 12113C0345H 12113C0365H 12113C0385H 12113C0406H 12113C0410H 12113C0426H 12113C0428G1 12113C0431H

If Not Included, Location of Flood Hazard

Data

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Community

Santa Rosa County, Unincorporated Areas

1 Panel Not Printed

Table 1: Listing of NFIP Jurisdictions

CID 120274

HUC-8 SubBasin(s)

03140103 03140104 03140105 03140304 03140305

Located on FIRM Panel(s) 12113C0429G1 12113C0440H 12113C0435H 12113C0455H 12113C0445H 12113C0465H 12113C0460H 12113C0480H 12113C0470H 12113C0490H 12113C0485H 12113C0510G1 12113C0495H 12113C0514G1 12113C0513G1 12113C0518G1 12113C0517G1 12113C0526H 12113C0519H 12113C0528H 12113C0527H 12113C0531H 12113C0529H 12113C0533G1 12113C0532H 12113C0536G1 12113C0534G1 12113C0538H 12113C0537G1 12113C0541G1 12113C0539H 12113C0543H 12113C0542H 12113C0551H 12113C0544H 12113C0553G1 12113C0552H 12113C0558H 12113C0554H 12113C0561H 12113C0560H 12113C0563H 12113C0562H 12113C0568H 12113C0564H 12113C0570H 12113C0569H 12113C0585H 12113C0580H 12113C0587H 12113C0586H 12113C0589H 12113C0588H 12113C0593H 12113C0591H 12113C0602H 12113C0601G1 12113C0604G1 12113C0603G1 12113C0607H 12113C0606H 12113C0626H 12113C0608H 12113C0631G1 12113C0627H 12113C0651G1 12113C0632G1 12113C0657H 12113C0656H

If Not Included, Location of Flood Hazard

Data

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