Lee County Florida Flood Mitigation


Lee County's flood hazard
The function of floodplains
Flood warning system
Flood safety
Property protection measures
Flood insurance
Building or buying a home
Contractors' Corner
What can Lee County do?
Property protection measures
image depicting 100-year flood levelTell me more about retrofitting a home with flood prevention measures.
There are a number of improvements that can be added to an existing home that can help reduce or even eliminate flood damage risks. They include:
  • Elevating the entire structure above the 100-year flood level.
  • Elevating crucial home infrastructure - such as electrical outlets, breaker or fuse boxes, water heaters, HVAC equipment and fuel tanks.
  • Floodproofing low-lying areas of a home - either dry floodproofing (making areas watertight to keep floods out) or wet floodproofing (making areas waterproof to withstand periods of flooding).
  • Including openings in flood-prone areas to allow floodwaters to flow through.
  • Installing sewer backflow valves to prevent sewage backup in a flood.

    Further information can be found at the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Web site at www.fema.gov/library/prepandprev.shtm#mit. Under the "Floodplain Management" heading, several items explain how you can protect your property.

    Lee County can also help you reduce your property's flood hazard by putting you in contact with qualified contractors to make your house or building safer. Call the Lee County Division of Public Safety at (239) 335-1600 for help in identifying and examining different ways to retrofit an existing building and advise on siting and building new structures. For help with local drainage problems, call (239) 694-3334 or send an e-mail to RFA@leegov.com describing your problem. These services are free.

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