FLOOD06907

• County: Statewide
• Basin: Statewide
• Title: Release of Wisconsin Community Flood Mitigation Planning Guidebook
• Date: 11/28/1995
• Prepared For: State of Wisconsin
• Prepared By: Wisconson DNR
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Flood Mitigation/Flood Warning/Watershed Restoration

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{bollomJ Flood mitigation can accomplish other community goals, in
addition to reducinR flood risk.

acquired and relocated out of flood hazard
areas and out ofhann's way,

.I providing funds for flood proofing and
elevating structures (flood fringe areas) and
demolishing structures to reduce future
flooding risks,

./ technical assistance to communities to
reduce flood risk and for minor flood
control projects.

Your community must first have a local
flood mitigation plan to qualify for these funds.
This guidebook can help you prepare such a
plan with a minimum of red tape and hassles.

"What makes a 'good' flood
mitigation plan?"

Each community has different reasons and
objectives for a flood mitigation plan. Each
community's flood issues are unique, as are its
land use goals. But there are items common to
every plan.

Basic principles to
include in every flood
mitigation plan

Each community should identify and list the
following items:

.I Location of structures subject to risk;
magnitude or level of risk in each area
identified (e.g., based on the history of
flooding); and the community's strategies
for reducing or eliminating the risk,

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State Historical Sociery of Wisconsin: 2035 HaYW(lrd 1911

Hayward, Wisconsin Flood, 1911
Stale Historical Society of Wisconsin: 2035 Hayward 1941

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COMMUNITY FLOOD MITIGATlO~ PLANNING GUIDEBOOK