Questions? Contact the Planning
Department at (907) 459-1260.
About the National Flood Insurance Program
Since 1969 the Fairbanks North Star Borough
has participated in the National Flood Insurance Program
(NFIP). Disastrous flooding has occurred in the Fairbanks
area in 1905, 1911, 1930, 1937, 1948, 1967, 1992 and 2008.
Although the
Chena River Flood Control Project has reduced the
likelihood of a severe flood event in the areas it protects,
there remain populated parts of the Borough that are highly
prone to flooding. For more information, see the following
links:
 Floodsmart.gov:
Information on the National Flood
Insurance Program
Floodplain
Management in Alaska (Alaska DCED)
Map
of 1967 Fairbanks Flood (6.5MB
JPEG)
Map Data Panel (7.5MB JPEG)
Flood Insurance Rate Maps
A series of Flood Insurance Rate Maps
(FIRMs) have been prepared for the Borough. These maps break
property within the Borough into flood zone designations
based upon flood risk. These designations determine whether
special building techniques must be used to mitigate the
flood hazard and what the flood insurance premium will be
for a given property.
FEMA
Flood Map Service Center
Identifying Your Flood Zone
There are several ways of finding out
which flood zone a property is in. The first step is to
identify the property. Parcels can be identified by:
Parcel
Account Number (PAN). This is an seven-digit number that
shows up on tax bills as something like 0280917.
Legal
Description. This consists of the lot, block, and
subdivision name, or the tax lot number (TL 2305, for
example), section, township and range.
Street
Address.
Owner's
name as shown on the property tax records.
Once you have identified the property, please:
Visit
the Planning Department's public counter on the second
floor of the
FNSB Administration Building at 809 Pioneer Road, or
Call
the Planning Department at (907) 459-1260. Calls are
returned within 24 hours.
Floodplain Permit
If your property is in Flood Zone A (high
risk flood area), you will need to obtain a Floodplain
Permit:
Floodplain Permit Application Worksheet:
An approved floodplain permit is required for any
new or substantially improved structure, alteration of a
watercourse, or other development within the flood hazard
area (Flood Zone A).
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