Cy-Fair Real Estate

Based on first-hand knowledge gained from Tropical Storm Allison, Houstonians ought to know that it is important to always get flood-plain information before purchasing any piece of property.

The Tropical Storm Allison Recovery Project website, www.tsarp.org, has an easy to use, color-coded interactive map with detailed “Floodway”, “100 yr”, and “500 yr” floodplains in Harris County.

From the TSARP website:

This tool now includes information about appeals and protests as well as allowing the user to view both the new preliminary information and other additional layers of information such as the current effective FEMA floodplains, 2 foot and 10 foot elevation contours, aerial photos, and more layers. However, this map does not qualify as an official FEMA Preliminary FIRM. Click here to use the Interactive Mapping Tool.

You really have to zoom in pretty close to get detailed street information which can be a pain if you do not already know the street address of the property, but in general this tool can be very beneficial.