Research

Flood-risk records for manufactured home communities

A practical evidence workflow for flood-map references, maintenance queues, and resident communication.

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Key finding: FEMA defines the base flood as a 1 percent annual chance flood

FEMA uses a 1 percent annual chance flood as a base reference in its flood-map framework. That is a probability definition, not a prediction of what will happen at one manufactured home community.

Build a source record

Store the map link, address or parcel reference, map date, reviewer, and next review date. A virtual assistant can collect the record and flag changes. The owner should ask the qualified local, insurance, engineering, or emergency-management professional to interpret it.

Do not label a home safe or unsafe from a national statistic. Local elevation, drainage, permits, infrastructure, insurance terms, and current maps can change the answer. Keep the FEMA reference beside, not in place of, local evidence.

Connect the workflow to operations

Use the record to set reminders for drainage inspections, resident notices, vendor coordination, and document review. Separate routine maintenance from an emergency response. Every exception should include the owner, timestamp, action, and source.

Sources and cluster planning

  1. FEMA flood maps
  2. Census Manufactured Housing Survey

Related reading: manufactured home shipment data for park operators and manufactured home community risk records. Set up a repeatable evidence queue.