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Hi, We just found a house we like in Wake Forest township, but not right in the center of town. The only issue is that behind the fence there runs a small creek. Since we are new to the area, does anyone remember if this area floods a bit or a lot? I researched on the wake forest's government site and they have flood plain diagrams, which i have to go through. I would appreciate if you can give me any info on this.
Well... you probably already have your answer by now. With all the rain that we've had over the last couple days, if it isn't flooded yet, chances are pretty good that it won't flood unless we really get a significant amount of rain.
Personally, after spending several years doing Red Cross disaster work in various parts of the country, I wouldn't/won't live anywhere near a creek or river. But that's just me.
Hi, We just found a house we like in Wake Forest township, but not right in the center of town. The only issue is that behind the fence there runs a small creek. Since we are new to the area, does anyone remember if this area floods a bit or a lot? I researched on the wake forest's government site and they have flood plain diagrams, which i have to go through. I would appreciate if you can give me any info on this.
Can you be more specific of the location? I mean...A Wake Forest mailing address covers a lot of area.
As a general rule....flooding isn't an issue. We have a creek behind our home and have never had a problem and don't foresee one either.
I too say that using the NC Floodplain mapping is the best resource you can use. Anywhere near a creek or river is susceptible to flooding. There are 100 year floods and as the name implies don't come along often but when they do the areas do flood.
We live on a creek in Wake Forest and a year or so ago when we had that big flood that flooded crabtee mall...anyone remember that? Anyway... our creek flooded. It's a 100 year flood plain so we don't expect another one for 90 or so years We've had no other issues with flooding though.
If you are looking into buying it, look at the property disclosure and see if it states it is in a flood plain (not fool proof though). You can also call an insurance agent to see if located in a flood plain or if they will insure the home. I've run into problems when homeowners didn't know they changed the floodplain area and they are not normally notified that their home is now located in floodplain. The only way we found out was when getting home owners insurance. The floodplain maps are sometimes hard to interpret.
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We've had no other issues with flooding though.
