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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