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  • Association of State Floodplain Managers
    Updated: 02/27/2019 9:47 pm CST

    Association of State Floodplain Managers dedicates to promote education that mitigate loses and costs caused by flooding, and protect floodplains.

  • Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
    Updated: 02/27/2019 9:47 pm CST

    The Federal Emergency Management Association (FEMA) website provides a wide variety of information on disaster planning, mitigation, response and recovery.

  • Hazard Mitigation: Integrating Best Practices into Planning
    Updated: 02/27/2019 9:48 pm CST

    Guidebook from the Federal Emergency Management Association (FEMA) and the American Planning Association (APA).

  • Integrating Hazard Mitigation into Comprehensive Planning
    Updated: 02/27/2019 9:49 pm CST

    Tools and resources provided by PlanIowa.com.

  • Iowa Code Chapter 28E: Joint Exercise of Governmental Powers
    Updated: 03/27/2019 4:55 pm CDT

    Overview and detailed description of Iowa Code Chapter 28E: Joint Exercise of Governmental Powers.

  • Iowa Disaster History
    Updated: 02/27/2019 9:50 pm CST

    Iowa Homeland Security & Emergency Management provides lists of Iowa’s major presidential disaster declarations and map.

  • Iowa Flood Center
    Updated: 04/17/2019 2:59 pm CDT

    Iowa’s central location for advanced research and education focused on floods. The Iowa Flood Center's website provides links to flood resources, including publications, a photo gallery, and data sources.

  • Iowa Flood Information
    Updated: 02/27/2019 9:52 pm CST

    The Iowa Flood Report Website includes information for latest news, reports, and map of flood and high flow condition in Iowa.

  • Iowa Flood Information System
    Updated: 02/27/2019 9:53 pm CST

    Iowa Flood Information System's website is a one-stop web-platform to access community-based flood conditions, forecasts, visualizations, inundation maps and flood-related data, information, and applications.

  • Iowa Floodplain and Stormwater Management Association
    Updated: 02/27/2019 9:54 pm CST

    Iowa Floodplain and Stormwater Management Association aims to promote flood risk education throughout Iowa. The Iowa Floodplain and Stormwater Management Association website provides helpful links, news, and upcoming events.

  • National Weather Services – Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service
    Updated: 02/27/2019 9:55 pm CST

    The Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service Website offers information of latest river forecasts and precipitation and indicate dangerous areas that floods may occur.

  • National Weather Services – Flooding in Iowa
    Updated: 03/27/2019 5:22 pm CDT

    The Flooding in Iowa Website provides information such as significant Iowa flood events, flood hazard information, and information for people to understand how to protect themselves when a flood happen.

  • Stormwater, Greenways, and Watershed Programs (Dakota County, Minnesota)
    Updated: 05/06/2019 4:04 pm CDT

    Multiple links are provided to an overview, guidebook, and description of programs and other efforts being taken to improve quality of life in Dakota County, Minnesota.