2017 FEMA's APPROVED 2014 FLOOD INSURANCE MAP REVISIONS -LETTERS OF REVISION - SOUTH SALEM AND FOREST RIVER Federal Emergency Management Agency`'
Washington, D.C. 20472
March 1,2017 DE"�T. OF PLANNi�.�
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CERTIFIED MAIL IN REPLY REFER TO:
RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED Case No.: 17-01-0584P
Community Name: City of Salem,MA
The Honorable Kimberley Driscoll Community No.: 250102
Mayor,City of Salem Effective Date of
93 Washington Street This Revision: July 14,2017
Salem,MA 01970
Dear Mayor Driscoll:
The Flood Insurance Study Report and Flood Insurance Rate Map for your community have been revised by this
Letter of Map Revision(LOMR). Please use the enclosed annotated map panels revised by this LOMR for
floodplain management purposes and for all flood insurance policies and renewals issued in your community.
Additional documents are enclosed that provide information regarding this LOMR. Please see the List of
Enclosures below to determine which documents are included. Other attachments specific to this request may be
included as referenced in the Determination Document. If you have any questions regarding floodplain management
regulations for your community or the National Flood Insurance Program(NFIP)in general,please contact the
Consultation Coordination Officer for your community. If you have any technical questions regarding this LOMR,
please contact the Director,Mitigation Division of the Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency
Management Agency(FEMA)in Boston,Massachusetts,at(617) 832-4761,or the FEMA Map Information
eXchange toll free at 1-877-336-2627(1-877-FEMA MAP). Additional information about the NFIP is available on
our website at http://www.fema.gov/national-flood-insurance-program.
Sincerely,
Patrick":Rick"F. Sacbibit,P.E.,Branch Chief
Engineering Services Branch
Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration
List of Enclosures:
Letter of Map Revision Determination Document
Annotated Flood Insurance Rate Map
Annotated Flood Insurance Study Report
cc: Mr. Tom Devine,AICP
Senior Planner
City of Salem
Mr. John S. Ramsey, P.E.
Senior Coastal Engineer and Principal
Applied Coastal Research and Engineering
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LETTER OF MAP REVISION
DETERMINATION DOCUMENT
COMMUNITY AND REVISION INFORMATION PROJECT DESCRIPTION BASIS OF REQUEST
City of Salem NO PROJECT COASTAL ANALYSIS
Essex County UPDATED TOPOGRAPHIC DATA
Massachusetts
COMMUNITY
COMMUNITY NO.: 260102
IDENTIFIER Salem-South Salem and Forest River APPROXIMATE LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE: 42.502,-70.895
SOURCE: Precision Mapping Streets DATUM: NAD 83
ANNOTATED MAPPING ENCLOSURES ANNOTATED STUDY ENCLOSURES
TYPE: FIRM* NO.: 25009CO419G DATE: July 16,2014 1 DATE OF EFFECTIVE FLOOD INSURANCE STUDY: July 16,2014
TYPE: FIRM* NO.: 25009CO532G DATE: July 16,2014 TRANSECT DATA TABLE: 11
TRANSECT DESCRIPTION TABLE: 10
Enclosures reflect changes to flooding sources affected by this revision.
*FIRM-Flood Insurance Rate Map
FLOODING SOURCES AND REVISED REACHES See Page 2 for Additional Flooding Sources
Atlantic Ocean via Salem Harbor-an area from the confluence of Forest River to just downstream of Mill Street and on both sides of Canal Street
SUMMARY OF REVISIONS
Flooding Source Effective Flooding Revised Flooding Increases Decreases
Atlantic Ocean via Salem Harbor Zone AE Zone AE NONE YES
Zone AE Zone X(shaded) NONE YES
BFEs* BFEs NONE YES
*BFEs-Base Flood Elevations
DETERMINATION
This document provides the determination from the Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency(FEMA)
regarding a request for a Letter of Map Revision(LOMR)for the area described above. Using the information submitted,we have determined that
a revision to the flood hazards depicted in the Flood Insurance Study(FIS)report and/or National.Flood Insurance Program(NFIP)map is
warranted. This document revises the effective NFIP map, as indicated in the attached documentation. Please use the enclosed annotated map
panels revised by this LOMR for floodplain management purposes and for all flood insurance policies and renewals in your community.
This determination is based on the flood data presently available. The enclosed documents provide additional information regarding this determination. If you have
any questions about this document,please contact the FEMA Map Information eXchange toll free at 1-877-336-2627(1-877-FEMA MAP)or by letter addressed to the
LOMC Clearinghouse,847 South Pickett Street,Alexandria,VA 22304-4605. Additional Information about the NFIP is available on our website at
htt--://www.fema.Aov/national-flood-insurance-proQram.
Patrick"Rick"F.Sacbibit,P.E.,Branch Chief
Engineering Services Branch
Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration 17-01-0584P 102-D=A
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LETTER OF MAP REVISION
DETERMINATION DOCUMENT (CONTINUED)
OTHER FLOODING SOURCES AFFECTED BY THIS REVISION
FLOODING SOURCES AND REVISED REACHES
Forest River-an area within the City of Salem only and from approximately 310 feet downstream of Route 114 to approximately 4,540 feet upstream of Loring
Avenue and a small area seaward of Belleau Road and Hemenway Road
SUMMARY OF REVISIONS
Flooding Source Effective Flooding Revised Flooding Increases Decreases
Forest River Zone AE Zone AE NONE YES
BFEs" BFEs NONE YES
Zone VE Zone AE NONE YES
*BFEs-Base Flood Elevations
This determination is based on the flood data presently available. The enclosed documents provide additional information regarding this determination. If you have
any questions about this document,please contact the FEMA Map Information eXchange toll free at 1-877-336-2627(1-877-FEMA MAP)or by letter addressed to the
LOMC Clearinghouse,847 South Pickett Street,Alexandria,VA 22304-4605. Additional Information about the NFIP is available on our website at
http://www.fema.gov/national-flood-insuranee-I)rogram.
Patrick`Rick'F.Sacbibit,P.E.,Branch Chief
Engineering Services Branch
Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration 17-01-0584P 102-D-A
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LETTER OF MAP REVISION
DETERMINATION DOCUMENT (CONTINUED)
COMMUNITY INFORMATION
APPLICABLE NFIP REGULATIONS/COMMUNITY OBLIGATION
We have made this determination pursuant to Section 206 of the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 (P.L.93-234)and in accordance
with the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968,as amended(Title XIII of the Housing and.Urban Development Act of 1968,P.L.90-448),
42 U.S.C.4001-4128,and 44 CFR Part 65. Pursuant to Section 1361 of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968,as amended,
communities participating in the NFIP are required to adopt and enforce floodplain management regulations that meet or exceed NFIP
criteria. These criteria, including adoption of the FIS report and FIRM,and the modifications made by this LOMR,are the minimum
requirements for continued NFIP participation and do not supersede more stringent State/Commonwealth or local requirements to which
the regulations apply.
COMMUNITY REMINDERS
We based this determination on the 1-percent-annual-chance stillwater elevations computed in the FIS for your community. A
comprehensive restudy of your community's flood hazards could establish greater flood hazards in this area.
Your community must regulate all proposed floodplain development and ensure that permits required by Federal and/or
State/Commonwealth law have been obtained. State/Commonwealth or community officials,based on knowledge of local conditions
and in the interest of safety,may set higher standards for construction or may limit development in floodplain areas. If your
State/Commonwealth or community has adopted more restrictive or comprehensive floodplain management criteria,those criteria take
precedence over the minimum NFIP requirements.
We will not print and distribute this LOMR to primary users, such as local insurance agents or mortgage lenders;instead,the community
will serve as a repository for the new data. We encourage you to disseminate the information in this LOMR by preparing a news release
for publication in your community's newspaper that describes the revision and explains how your community will provide the data and
help interpret the NFIP maps. In that way,interested persons,such as property owners,insurance agents,and mortgage lenders,can
benefit from the information.
We have designated a Consultation Coordination Officer(CCO)to assist your community. The CCO will be the primary liaison between
your community and FEMA. For information regarding your CCO,please contact:
Mr.Dean Savramis
Director,Mitigation Division
Federal Emergency Management Agency,Region I
99 High Street, Sixth Floor
Boston,MA 02110
(617)832-4761
This determination is based on the flood data presently available. The enclosed documents provide additional information regarding this determination. If you have
any questions about this document,please contact the FEMA Map Information eXchange toll free at 1-877-336-2627(1-877-FEMA MAP)or by letter addressed to the
LOMC Clearinghouse,847 South Pickett Street,Alexandria,VA 22304-4605. Additional Information about the NFIP is available on our website at
htt. :11www.fema.:ov/national-flood-insurance i�rouram.
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Patrick"Rick"F.Sacbibit,P.E.,Branch Chief
Engineering Services Branch
Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration 17-01-0584P 102-D-A
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LETTER OF MAP REVISION
DETERMINATION DOCUMENT (CONTINUED)
STATUS OF THE COMMUNITY NFIP MAPS
We will not physically revise and republish the FIRM and FIS report for your community to reflect the modifications made by this
LOMR at this time. When changes to the previously cited FIRM panels and FIS report warrant physical revision and republication in the
future,we will incorporate the modifications made by this LOMR at that time.
This determination is based on the flood data presently available. The enclosed documents provide additional information regarding this determination. If you have
any questions about this document,please contact the FEMA Map Information eXchange toll free at 1-877-336-2627(1-877-FEMA MAP)or by letter addressed to the
LOMC Clearinghouse,847 South Pickett Street,Alexandria,VA 22304-4605. Additional Information about the NFIP is available on our website at
htto://www.fema.gov/national-flood-insurance-p ro_;ram.
Patrick"Rick"F.Sacbibit,P.E.,Branch Chief
Engineering Services Branch
Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration 17-01-0584P 102-D-A
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LETTER OF MAP REVISION
DETERMINATION DOCUMENT (CONTINUED)
PUBLIC NOTIFICATION OF REVISION
A notice of changes will be published in the Federal Register. This information also will be published in your local newspaper on or
about the dates listed below,and through FEMA's Flood Hazard Mapping website at
https:/,Iwww.floodmaps.fema.gov/flun/bfe—status/bfe main.asp
LOCAL NEWSPAPER Name: Salem News
Dates: March 9,2017 and March 16,2017
Within 90 days of the second publication in the local newspaper, any interested party may request that we reconsider this determination.
Any request for reconsideration must be based on scientific or technical data. Therefore,this letter will be effective only after the 90-day
appeal period has elapsed and we have resolved any appeals that we receive during this appeal period. Until this LOMR is effective,the
revised flood hazard determination presented in this LOMR may be changed.
This determination is based on the flood data presently available. The enclosed documents provide additional information regarding this determination. If you have
any questions about this document,please contact the FEMA Map Information eXchange toll free at 1-877-336-2627(1-877-FEMA MAP)or by letter addressed to the
LOMC Clearinghouse,847 South Pickett Street,Alexandria,VA 22304-4605. Additional Information about the NFIP is available on our website at
htt: :Uwww.fema..ov/national-flood-insurance-o roc ram.
Patrick"Rick"F.Sacbibit,P.E.,Branch Chief
Engineering Services Branch
Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration 17-01-0584P 102-D-A
TABLE 11 - TRANSECT DATA-continued
STILLWATER ELEVATION
10- 2- 1- 0.2- BASE
PERCENT- PERCENT- PERCENT- PERCENT- FLOOD
FLOODING ANNUAL- ANNUAL- ANNUAL- ANNUAL- ELEVATION
TRANSECT SOURCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE ZONE (feet
NAVD88*
REVISE
DATA
26 Salem Harbor 8.4 9.4 10.0 11.4 VE 17
27 Salem Harbor 8.4 9.4 9.4 11.4 VE 16
AE 10-16
28 Salem Harbor 8.4 9.4 10.0 11.4 VE 13
AE 10
29 Atlantic Ocean 8.4 9.4 10.0 11.4 VE 19-21
AE 19
30 Atlantic Ocean 8.4 9.4 10.0 11.4 VE 21
AE 14
31 Beverly Harbor 8.4 9.4 10.0 11.4 VE 14
AE 10
32 Atlantic Ocean 8.4 9.4 10.0 11.4 VE 30
33 Atlantic Ocean 8.4 9.4 10.0 11.4 VE 25
34 Atlantic Ocean 8.4 9.4 10.0 11.4 VE 21
35 Atlantic Ocean 8.4 9.4 10.0 11.4 VE 21
AE 14
'Because of map scale limitations,base flood elevations shown on the FIRM represent average elevations for the zones depicted.
'North American Vertical Datum of 1988
REVISED TO
REFLECT LOMR
EFFECTIVE: July 14,2017
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TABLE 10 - TRANSECTS DESCRIPTIONS-continued
ELEVATION(feet NAVD88')
MAXIMUM 1-
1-PERCENT- PERCENT-
ANNUAL- ANNUAL-
CHANCE CHANCE
Transect Location STILLWATERZ WAVE CREST
27 The transect is located along Forest 10.0 13.3 REVISE[
River at a point approximately 100 DATA
feet northeast of the intersection of
Loring Avenue and Leggs Hill Road,
extending northeast towards Salem
Harbor.
28 The transect is located at a point 10.3 13.2
approximately 250 feet west of the
intersection of Essex Street and
Forrester Street, extending southeast
towards Salem Harbor.
29 The transect is located at a point 13.9 21.3
approximately 1,200 feet southeast of
the intersection of Fort Avenue and
Winter Island Road, extending east
towards the Atlantic Ocean.
30 The transect is located at a point 13.7 21.0
approximately 700 feet northwest of
the intersection of Fort Avenue and
Memorial Drive, extending northeast
towards the Atlantic Ocean.
31 The transect is located at a point 10.3 14.0
approximately 300 feet south of the
intersection of Hawthorne Street and
Endicott Street, extending northeast
towards Beverly Harbor.
32 The transect is located in Beverly 13.7
Harbor at a point approximately 100
feet southeast of the intersection of
Lovett Street and Abbott Street,
extending southeast towards the
Atlantic Ocean..
33 The transect is located at a point 13.6
approximately 800 feet southeast of
Neptune Street and Bay View Road,
extending south towards the Atlantic
Ocean.
'North American Vertical Datum of 1988
2Including stillwater elevation and effects of wave setup.
'Because of map scale limitations,maximum wave elevations may not be shown on the FIRM.
*1%annual chance water level governed by wave runup REVISED TO
89 REFLECT LOMR
EFFECTIVE: July 14,2017