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Stormwater & Flood Control        Flood Control

Flood Control

**Notice**

The City, in cooperation with FEMA, have updated 9 linear miles of flood maps. To see more information and determine if you have been effected, click below.

  • Floodplain Remapping Project
  • Flood Hazard Map Viewer

Stormwater Team Responsibilities

The City’s Stormwater team oversees all stormwater related issues in the City. These responsibilities include:

  • Reviews of drainage plans and stormwater quality requirements for subdivisions and commercial site development 
  • Administering the FEMA National Flood Insurance Program
  • MS4 Program management
  • Floodplain Mapping
  • Flood Reports & Zoning

Drainage Issue Response

We respond to drainage complaints from the public to determine if it is: 

  • A maintenance issue (clogged stormdrain),
  • A private issue (drainage from private property to private property with no City nexus)
  • A city issue (stormwater from City roads or ditches not flowing where it should)
  • Report pollution
  • Report a drainage Issue

Watershed Smart Outreach

We can work to reduce the pollutants entering our waterways.  By making careful choices in our homes and businesses, we can keep our creeks, lakes, and communities healthy.

Visit our prescottwater.com website to learn more on what you can do in your home and businesses.

  • Watershed Smart

Stormwater Team Responsibilities

The City’s Stormwater team oversees all stormwater related issues in the City. These responsibilities include:

  • Reviews of drainage plans and stormwater quality requirements for subdivisions and commercial site development 
  • Administering the FEMA National Flood Insurance Program
  • MS4 Program management
  • Floodplain Mapping
  • Flood Reports & Zoning

Drainage Issue Response

We respond to drainage complaints from the public to determine if it is: 

  • A maintenance issue (clogged stormdrain),
  • A private issue (drainage from private property to private property with no City nexus)
  • A city issue (stormwater from City roads or ditches not flowing where it should)
  • Report pollution
  • Report a drainage Issue

Watershed Smart Outreach

We can work to reduce the pollutants entering our waterways.  By making careful choices in our homes and businesses, we can keep our creeks, lakes, and communities healthy.

Visit our prescottwater.com website to learn more on what you can do in your home and businesses.

  • Watershed Smart Outreach

Floodplain Mapping – Know Your Risk

Where it can rain, it can flood. So, it is important to know your flood risk. The City, in cooperation with FEMA, have updated 9 linear miles of flood maps. Click on the Flood Zone Interactive Map to the right to see what your flood risk is now and how it may have changed from the current effective (2018) map. More information about the mapping project can be found here.  

If you have a government-backed mortgage and your property is newly identified to be in a high-risk area (e.g., Zone A, AE), your lender will require flood insurance when the new maps become effective. FEMA’s National Flood Insurance Program provides a one-time policy discount for properties newly identified as high-risk.

Even if you are not in a high-risk area, but in a moderate-low risk area (e.g., Zone X), you are still at risk of flooding and encouraged to carry flood insurance. The risk is reduced, but it is not removed. In fact, more than 30% of NFIP flood claims in Arizona come from policies in Zone X.

To learn more, talk to your insurance agent about the options and coverages that are right for you. You can also visit www.FloodSmart.gov for more information about flood insurance.

  • Elevation Certificate & FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer Viewer
  • FEMA Flood Maps
  • Know your Flood Hazard

Flood Reports & Zoning

For flood zoning information use our interactive map. 

Information provided is based on the DFIRM data officially released by FEMA March 6, 2018.

  • Flood Zone Interactive Map
  • YC Flood Control District info

Need More Information or report a problem?

Please complete the form at the bottom of this page and we will get back to you.

  • FEMA or Flood Information Request

Drainage or Flood/FEMA Information Request

To report a drainage issue in a public right-of-way or easement (improper grading, impeded access to private property, clogged storm drains or catch basins, non-typical or substantial erosion, etc.) or flooding concerns in a FEMA designated Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA) click on the map at the location of the issue and fill in the form. You can also contact the Public Works Department at 928-777-1130 to report drainage or flooding problems. For imminent threats to life or safety please call 9-1-1.

Please enter a valid name, email and phone number when reporting an issue. Issues reported without a valid name, email and phone number may not be addressed. Your name, email and phone number are for administrative purposes only (e.g., if we have trouble locating the issue you’ve reported) and will never be displayed publicly.

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