Know Your Flood Risk

There are several things you can do to learn about your property's flood history, or flood potential. <br/><br/><li>Check The Propertyâ€™s Flood History</li><br/><br/>To check your propertyâ€™s flood

Tuesday, May 8th 2007, 5:06 pm

By: News On 6

There are several things you can do to learn about your property's flood history, or flood potential.

Check The Propertyâ€™s Flood History

To check your propertyâ€™s flood history you can review the documents prepared for your homeâ€™s closing. Click here to see a Standard Flood Hazard Determination Form, which is part of a propertyâ€™s closing documents.

You can also ask for a CLUE, Comprehensive Loss Underwriting Exchange Report, from the mortgage or insurance company.

Check The Risk Assessment

To determine your home's flood risk visit FEMAâ€™s website, www.floodsmart.gov.

Click here to request a flood zone determination within the City of Tulsa. You must have the propertyâ€™s address and a legal description (lot number, block and addition).

You can request a flood zone determination within the City of Broken Arrow through the One Stop Center at 259-2400. Youâ€™ll need the propertyâ€™s address and a legal description (lot number, block and addition).

For information on steps taken by the government to control flooding in your area, contact your local floodplain manager.

In the City of Tulsa contact Brent Stout at 596-9520.

In Tulsa County call Ray Jordan at 596-5730, or Terry West, 596-5296.

In Broken Arrow you can call Jeff Bigby, 259-2400.

For Bixby contact Jim Coffey at 366-0427.

Sand Springs, call T. J. Davis at 246-2582.

In Jenks contact Robert Carr, 299-5883.

For Owasso call Eric Wyles at 376-1500.

For floodplain managers in other Oklahoma cities and counties, click here.

Click here for a representative city code on flood control from Bixby (Title 13).

For information on flood safety, click here.