WASHINGTON, May 25-- The Library of Congress issued the following news: The Library of Congress has placed online nearly 25,000 Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps, which depict the structure and use of ...

In the mid-1800s, the fledgling U.S. insurance industry began commissioning mapmakers to produce specialized maps to assess fire risks in urban areas. Many of these historic fire insurance maps have ...

New flood insurance maps for New Orleans, expected to be made final Wednesday (March 30) by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, promise dramatically lower premiums for many property owners within ...

When experts from FEMA's National Flood Insurance Program greeted visitors during a five-hour open house designed to explain proposed new flood insurance maps for New Orleans on Monday, they brought ...

Deadly and destructive flash flooding in Texas and several other states in July 2025 is raising questions about the nation’s flood maps and their ability to ensure that communities and homeowners can ...

The city and state are assisting the Federal Emergency Management Agency in alerting property owners and communities that it has updated its flood maps once again. Since 2019, FEMA has studied flood ...

Interactive map from Karen Davenport and Sonia Sekhar shows that one carrier dominates the market in 17 states, and two dominate in 22 more. The interactive on this page uses a deprecated technology ...

Property owners in south Estero may want to check their flood insurance rates. The Federal Emergency Management Agency has approved new flood insurance rate maps for that portion of Estero. The maps ...