Flood Areas near Raleigh/Cary/Wake Forest (Apex, King: insurance, homes)

[touretteboy65]

Anyone with personal knowledge of flood prone areas mentioned above? We'll be up later on this year to start looking for a place to relocate and I'd like to eliminate areas known to be flood prone. I'll use whatever other resources I can get my hands on (FEMA records, 100 year flood zone surveys, insurance companies, etc) that should be available rather easily, however, I was seeking personal experience/information from those who have or are currently living in areas that have to deal with this issue. Hope all of you made it out okay after Irene. Thanks.

[MikeJaquish]

Originally Posted by touretteboy65

Anyone with personal knowledge of flood prone areas mentioned above? We'll be up later on this year to start looking for a place to relocate and I'd like to eliminate areas known to be flood prone. I'll use whatever other resources I can get my hands on (FEMA records, 100 year flood zone surveys, insurance companies, etc) that should be available rather easily, however, I was seeking personal experience/information from those who have or are currently living in areas that have to deal with this issue. Hope all of you made it out okay after Irene. Thanks.

Flood prone areas are widespread, and quite common, so it is nearly impossible to give you a helpful list.
It is typical to go into a neighborhood, and find that a few properties are flood prone. Homes on one side of a street may be high and dry, while the other side of the street backs to flood prone areas.
Commonly, developers draw subdivision maps to skirt flood plains, but changes in mapping can alter the exposure.
North Carolina Floodplain Mapping Program is a great resource.

[touretteboy65]

Originally Posted by MikeJaquish

Flood prone areas are widespread, and quite common, so it is nearly impossible to give you a helpful list.
It is typical to go into a neighborhood, and find that a few properties are flood prone. Homes on one side of a street may be high and dry, while the other side of the street backs to flood prone areas.
Commonly, developers draw subdivision maps to skirt flood plains, but changes in mapping can alter the exposure.
North Carolina Floodplain Mapping Program is a great resource.

Thank you!

[RaleighLass]

In addition, due to the growth our area experiences...you might want to check out DOT maps, and Wake Forest and or Raleigh growth plans etc... Know that if you buy near open land or roads, there may well be 5, 10 yr or so plans to add or widen roads, or bring in something you wouldn't want to live near. It happened to me once.

[ellensach]

I AM LOOKING TO RELOCATE IN THE NEXT 6 MONTHS--I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE IT IF YOU COULD SEND ME SOME INFO ON ANY FLOODING IN THE AREAS OF (CARY,APEX OR WAKEFOREST) THANK YOU AND I W/BE LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU [email]ellensach@yahoo.com[/email]

[wizard-xyzzy]

A practical approach is to determine whether the property flooded during Hurricanes Fran (1996) and Floyd (1999). In terms of rainfall, those two were about as bad as it's likely to get. Of course, if the property or nearby properties have been reshaped since then, all bets are off.