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Mapping the Zone: Improving Flood Map Accuracy

The National Research Council has released a report on the accuracy of flood maps by the National Research Council of the National Academies, Committee on FEMA Flood Maps, Board on Earth Sciences and Resources/Mapping Science Committee, and Water Science and Technology Board Dewberry's Dave Maune, PhD, CP, CFM, was on the Committee on FEMA Flood Maps, and Stephanie Dunham, PE, and Jerry Sparks, PE, CFM, are acknowledged for supporting computations.

Dave Maune

The National Research Council has released a report on the accuracy of flood maps by the National Research Council of the National Academies, Committee on FEMA Flood Maps, Board on Earth Sciences and Resources/Mapping Science Committee, and Water Science and Technology Board

Dewberry’s Dave Maune, PhD, CP, CFM, was on the Committee on FEMA Flood Maps, and Stephanie Dunham, PE, and Jerry Sparks, PE, CFM, are acknowledged for supporting computations.

Published in The National Academies Press, 2009.

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