Local mitigation strategy (LMS) - Volusia County Government

SECTION 5: HAZARD PROFILESTABLE 5.14: Historical Flood Impacts in Volusia CountyLOCATION DATE TYPEDEATHS/INJURIESPROPERTYDAMAGE(2009dollars)Countywide 9/9/2004 Flood 0/0 $5,564,516Countywide 8/21/2008FlashFloodSource: National Climatic Data Center0/0$13,390,000DESCRIPTIONHurricane Frances produced 6 to 10 inches of heavy rainover much of the middle and upper St. Johns RiverBasin. Beginning on September 9th, water levels beganto reach flood stage on the middle basin mainly aroundGeneva, and Sanford. Levels continued to rise wellabove flood stage and began to fall slightly untilHurricane Jeanne followed the same track across thestate. Significant flooding followed with a record crestof 10.1 feet being reached at the Lake Harney Gage. InVolusia County many roads and dozens of homes wereflooded, mainly in the Stone Island and surroundingcommunities. River levels remained above flood stagethrough the remainder of the month.As Tropical Storm Fay drifted north in the VolusiaCounty off shore waters, hours of torrential rain fellacross southern Volusia county. Close to 200 homeswere flooded. Damage was near $13 million. Torrentialrain from Tropical Storm Fay produced widespreadflooding across Brevard and central and southernVolusia counties.According to the emergency management officials from the Volusia County jurisdictions, anothersignificant flood event occurred during the Memorial Day Weekend in May 2009 that was not includedin the NCDC database. This event caused high rains and four feet of storm surge. There was between$60 – 75 million in damages along the coastline from Ormond Beach to New Smyrna Beach.Approximately 1,000, infrastructure and various critical facilities were damaged. Daytona Beach, alone,had approximately 650 damaged homes.5.10.4 Historical Summary of Insured Flood LossesAll jurisdictions in Volusia County participate in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). Accordingto FEMA flood insurance policy records as of April 2009, there have been 1,385 flood losses reported inVolusia County through the NFIP since 1970, totaling more than $35 million in claims payments. Table5.15 provides flood insurance policy and claim summary information for each of the participatingjurisdictions. The reported losses include both inland (freshwater) and coastal flooding events. It shouldbe emphasized that these numbers include only those losses to structures that were insured throughthe NFIP policies, and for losses in which claims were sought and received. It is likely that manyadditional instances of flood losses in Volusia County were either uninsured, denied claims payment, ornot reported..Volusia County Multi-jurisdictional Local Mitigation StrategyFebruary 20105:51