To use the BPA mapping applications, you should read and accept the terms of BPA's General Mapping Disclaimer (below) and make sure your browser is configured to use popup windows within the BPA site.

To configure your browser to accept pop-up windows from the BPA site, follow the instructions outlined here. Note that is you are using browser toolbars such as the Google or Yahoo toolbars, you may be able to use that toolbar to enablethe use of popups.

By closing or proceeding on past this window, I acknowledge that I have read and accept this disclaimer and understand the limitations of the materials represented on the maps. I have also configured my browser to use popups.

Proceed to Watershed Maps

The information contained in the Bayou Information Center maps is only for general educational purposes about the region’s watersheds and is intended to let users discover relationships between mostly publicly mapped information not otherwise easily seen or collected into one location.

The information has been collected from public sources and may not be the most current or the most accurate available. Users of the maps should refer to original material from original sources for any purposes other than general education.

The Bayou Preservation Association assumes no liability in sharing this public information

Flood Insurance Rate Maps

The FIRM maps shown on this site are those distributed electronically by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (usually called FEMA). The information found on these maps is created to generally describe where there might or might not be a risk of flooding along a region’s principal streams, bayous and rivers. The flood hazard zones shown on the FIRM maps are used to regulate certain aspects of land development and to set flood insurance rates.

The main flood hazard zone shown on the maps is an approximation of the limits of a theoretical 100 year flood event (a flood that has a 1% chance of occurring in any given year). Many real-world conditions will make actual flood water elevations and extents vary to some degree from that shown on the maps. The maps should serve the community to recognize generally where a flood hazard potential exists. If your property is in or even near a flood hazard zone, you should seek to know more about the stream nearest to you, the local topography and drainage patterns, and the actual elevation of your house to determine the actual risk of flooding. Many properties not even near a mapped flood hazard zone can flood due to other reasons, such as street flooding or overland flows, so knowledge of specific local conditions is necessary for any good risk assessment.

The FIRM maps shown on this site should only be used for general orientation purposes. FIRM maps are only periodically revised and re-issued; for up-to-date information you must contact your officially designated Floodplain Administrator, who is usually appointed by the City if you live in an incorporated area, or the County if you live in an un-incorporated area. The Floodplain Administrator will have paper copies of the maps and copies of "Letters of Map Revision" that record approved partial changes to the map between full map revisions.

Enabling Popup Windows
Windows Computers      MacIntosh Computers

Windows Computers

Firefox
Open the browser.
From the Tools menu, click Options.
Click Web Features from the categories in the left-hand column.
Click the Allowed Sites button to the right of Block Popup Windows. You will see the Allowed Sites dialog box. You can add sites from which you would like to allow pop-up windows. For example, you could add the BPA web site.
In the Address of web site field, type
www.bayoupreservation.org
Click Allow.
You can use the same steps to add more sites from which you would like to allow pop-up windows.
Click OK when you finish adding the sites you want.
Click OK to close the Options dialog box.

Mozilla 1.7x
Open the browser.
From the Edit menu, click Preferences.
In the left-hand column, double-click Privacy & Security.
Click Popup Windows.
Click in the check box in front of Block unrequested popup windows.
Click Allowed Sites.
In the blank field, type
www.bayoupreservation.org
Click Add.
Click OK.
Click OK.

Netscape 7.x
Open the browser.
From the Edit menu, click Preferences.
In the left-hand column, double-click Privacy & Security.
Click Popup Windows.
Click the radio button in front of Suppress popups.
Click Exceptions.
In the blank field, type
www.bayoupreservation.org
Click Add.
Click OK.
Click OK.

Internet Explorer
Open the browser.
From the Tools menu, click Pop-up Blocker Settings.
In the Address of Web site to allow field, type
www.bayoupreservation.org
Click Add.
Click Close.

Macintosh Computers

Mozilla 1.7x
Open the browser.
From the Mozilla menu, click Preferences.
In the left-hand column, double-click Privacy & Security.
Click Popup Windows.
Click in the check box in front of Block unrequested popup windows.
Click Allowed Sites.
In the blank field, type
www.bayoupreservation.org
Click Add.
Click OK.
Click OK.

Netscape 7.x
Open the browser.
From the Netscape menu, click Preferences.
In the left-hand column, double-click Privacy & Security.
Click Popup Windows.
Click in the check box in front of Block unrequested popup windows.
Click Allowed Sites.
In the blank field, type
www.bayoupreservation.org
Click Add.
Click OK.
Click OK.