Flood hazard areas and hardcopy map panels for the Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) published by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) within Stark County, Ohio. These flood hazard areas are part of the National Flood Hazard Layer (NFHL). Flood hazard areas in this layer were merged into single records for each class to improve web map performance and symbolization. Flood hazard areas are sometimes referred to as flood hazard zones or flood plains. They depict the floodway (areas that are frequently flood), as well as the 100 and 500-year flood plains. Each panel record corresponds to an individual hardcopy map. These panels serve as an index to obtain flood hazard information for a specific location.

The FIRM is the basis for floodplain management, mitigation, and insurace activities for the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). Insurance applications include enforcement of the mandatory purchase requirement of the Flood Disaster Protection Act, which requires the purchase of flood insurance by the owners of properties within areas identified as having flood hazards.

This layer was downloaded from https://msc.fema.gov/portal/advanceSearch in September, 2021. It was last updated and published on September14, 2018.