Welcome to the official site for FEMA's Great Lakes Coastal Flood Study, the comprehensive storm and wind study of the Great Lakes basin for the purpose of updating the coastal flood hazard information and Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRM) for Great Lakes coastal communities. Below you’ll find a list of the most recent meetings with their agendas, links to preliminary maps, and presentations. To the left you’ll find additional Great Lakes Coastal Flood Study content.
FEMA created this self-guided tutorial on coastal flood mapping that provides important information to coastal communities and their residents. FEMA’s “Coastal Hazards and Coastal Mapping: A Visual Guide” is a glossary of coastal mapping terms and a companion to the tutorial.
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Mason County, Michigan – CCO Meeting Presentation [.pdf]
Press Release [.pdf]
Wednesday, September 18, 2019
CCO Meeting 2-4 pm | Open House 5-7 pm
Ludington City Hall
400 South Harrison Street
Ludington, Michigan 49431
Oceana County, Michigan – CCO Meeting Presentation [.pdf]
Press Release [.pdf]
Thursday, September 19, 2019
CCO Meeting 2-4 pm | Open House 5-7 pm
Oceana County Services Building
844 South Griswold Street
Hart, Michigan 49420
Porter County, Indiana – CCO Meeting Presentation [.pdf]
Press Release [.pdf]
Thursday, August 29, 2019
CCO meeting 2-4 pm | Open House 5-7 pm
Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore | Training Room
1100 N. Mineral Springs Road
Porter, Indiana 46304
LaPorte County, Indiana – CCO Meeting Presentation [.pdf]
Press Release [.pdf]
Thursday, August 29, 2019
CCO meeting 2-4 pm | Open House 5-7 pm
Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore | Training Room
1100 N. Mineral Springs Road
Porter, Indiana 46304
Manistee County, Michigan – CCO Meeting Presentation [.pdf]
Press Release [.pdf]
Tuesday, August 13, 2019
CCO meeting 2-4 pm | Open House 5-7 pm
Manistee County Emergency Management
1525 E. Parkdale Ave.
Manistee, MI 49660
Benzie County, Michigan – CCO Meeting Presentation [.pdf]
Press Release [.pdf]
Wednesday, August 14, 2019
CCO meeting 2-4 pm | Open House 5-7 pm
Benzie County Office of Emergency Management
448 Court Place
Beulah, MI 49617
Emmet County, Michigan – CCO Meeting Presentation [.pdf]
Press Release [.pdf]
Thursday, August 15, 2019
CCO meeting 2-4 pm | Open House 5-7 pm
Harbor Springs City Hall
160 Zoll Street
Harbor Springs, MI 49740
Local officials and technical stakeholders are being invited to community meetings to review and comment on FEMA’s draft coastal flood hazard work maps for the Lake Michigan Shoreline. FEMA’s outreach meetings for the 2017 work maps start in early July.
Each meeting will include a summary of the draft work maps, Q&A, and a breakout for review of community-specific data via printed and online maps. Staff members and officials representing villages, cities, and county government, regional organizations, non-governmental bodies, neighborhood associations, and harbor and shoreline protection engineers are encouraged to attend and to provide feedback within the 60-day comment period.
For more information:
KEN HINTERLONG
Senior Engineer, Risk Analysis
FEMA Region 5
312-408-5529
ken.hinterlong@fema.dhs.gov
Additional Information:
Great Lakes Coastal Resilience Planning Guide: http://www.greatlakesresilience.org/
USACE High Resolution Oblique Aerial Images: https://greatlakes.erdc.dren.mil/
Illinois
Indiana
Wisconsin
Michigan
FEMA has completed coastal flood hazard analysis and mapping in 7 Michigan counties along Lake Michigan and prepared draft workmaps depicting results of the study. We would like to invite you to attend the Risk Data and Mitigation Workshop for your county. The objectives for this meeting are to allow local review of work maps that show the results of the mapping project efforts to-date, as well as provide information about how your community can use this information to elevate risk awareness and stimulate mitigation actions. Each meeting will be 2 to 3hours in length, dedicated to accomplishing the following goals:
Because local involvement is critical to this process, we are reaching out to local community officials and other stakeholders to provide an opportunity to review and discuss the results of the coastal flood hazard analysis and mapping performed for your county. FEMA is also committed to an open, collaborative process, and your community’s participation in next steps of the project. We have provided information below on the date, time, and location of the meetings. Feel free to forward this information to others who you feel are appropriate to attend these meetings:
Berrien and Van Buren
September 23, 2014
9 am – 12 pm
St. Joseph City Hall
700 Broad Street
St Joseph, MI 49085
Muskegon and Ottawa
September 24, 2014
9 am to 12 pm
Muskegon Central Fire Station,
Community Room, 770 Terrace Street,
Muskegon, Michigan 49440
Mason and Oceana
September 24, 2014
3pm to 6 pm
Mason County Airport Conference Room
5300 W. US-10
Ludington, MI 49431
Manistee County
September 25, 2014
9 AM – 12 PM
Manistee County Sheriff’s Office
1525 E. Parkdale Avenue
Manistee, MI 49660
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) conducts scoping meetings to determine the riverine flood mapping update needs. These efforts are combined with the lake-wide coastal flood hazard mapping effort with the outcomes constituting the first basin-wide update of water-level statistics and flood hazard data compiled by the United States government for the Great Lakes in 25 years.
Under these riverine scoping efforts, a key phase in this study process is FEMA’s consultation with local communities through the conduct of a scoping meeting and the collection of data. FEMA uses these scoping meetings and follow-up conversation to collect information that will contribute to a better understanding of local flood risk conditions. A second purpose of this outreach is to provide a venue for sharing information related to study methodology and schedules.
County: Baraga, MI
Monday, August 11, 2014: 1pm – 3pm
Village of L’Anse
Council Chambers
101 N. Main Street
L’Anse, MI 49946
County: Alger, MI
Tuesday, August 12, 2014: 10am – Noon
Alger County Courthouse
101 Court Street
Munising, MI 49862
County: Mackinac, MI
Wednesday, August 13, 2014: 1pm – 3pm
St. Ignace Public Library
110 W. Spruce Street
St. Ignace, MI 49781
County: Emmet, MI
Wednesday, August 13, 2014: 1pm – 3pm
Bear Creek Township
373 North Division Road
Petoskey, MI 49770
County: Antrim, MI
Wednesday, August 13, 2014: 5pm – 7pm
Torch Lake Township
2355 N US-31
Kewadin, MI 49648
County: Benzie, MI
Thursday, August 14, 2014: 1pm – 3pm
Board of Commissioners Room
448 Court Place
Beulah, MI 49617
County: Delta, MI
Thursday, August 14, 2014: 3pm – 5pm
Bay College Escanaba
Student Center, Room 525
2001 N Lincoln Road
Escanaba, MI 49829
County: Manistee, MI
Thursday, August 14, 2014: 5pm – 7pm
Manistee County Sheriff’s Office
1525 E. Parkdale Avenue
Manistee, MI 49660
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) conducts scoping meetings to determine the riverine flood mapping update needs. These efforts are combined with the lake-wide coastal flood hazard mapping effort with the outcomes constituting the first basin-wide update of water-level statistics and flood hazard data compiled by the United States government for the Great Lakes in 25 years.
Under these riverine scoping efforts, a key phase in this study process is FEMA’s consultation with local communities through the conduct of a scoping meeting and the collection of data. FEMA uses these scoping meetings and follow-up conversation to collect information that will contribute to a better understanding of local flood risk conditions. A second purpose of this outreach is to provide a venue for sharing information related to study methodology and schedules.
County: Kewaunee, WI
Monday, July 14, 2014: 1pm – 3pm
Kewaunee County Building
Health and Human Services Training Room
810 Lincoln Street
Kewaunee, WI 54216
County: Marinette, WI
Tuesday, July 15, 2014: 9:30am – 11:30am
Stephenson Public Library Community Room
1700 Hall Avenue
Marinette, WI 54143
County: Ashland, WI
Wednesday, July 16, 2014: 10am – 12 noon
Vaughn Public Library
2nd Floor Meeting Room
502 Main Street W
Ashland, WI 54806
County: St Louis, MN
Thursday, July 17, 2014: 9:30am – 11:30am
City Hall
Conference Room 303
411 W. 1st Street
Duluth, MN 55802
The following presentations related to the Great Lakes Coastal Flood Study were presented at Demonstration Project Meetings in Berrien County, Michigan and Brown County, Wisconsin in February 2014. Use the links below to view the presentations:
The Presentations above are posted on the Presentations page.
The following presentations related to the Great Lakes Coastal Flood Study were presented at the State of Lake Michigan Conference 2013 and Wisconsin Association of Floodplain Stormwater and Coastal Managers Conference 2013 in October. Use the links below to view the presentations:
The Presentation above is posted on the Presentations page.
The Great Lakes Coastal Flood Study recently announced a series of Technical Workshops around the Great Lakes Basin. The agenda for the first batch of workshops is posted below.
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