KENAI PENINSULA BOROUGH, ALASKA AND INCORPORATED AREAS COMMUNITY COMMUNITY Kenai Peninsula NAME NUMBER Borough *HOMER, CITY OF 020107 **KACHEMAK, CITY OF 020109 KENAI, CITY OF 020114 KENAI PENINSULA, BOROUGH OF 020012 ***SELDOVIA, CITY OF 020120 SEWARD, CITY OF 020113 SOLDOTNA, CITY OF 020014 *Area Not Included, Flood Insurance Study Published Separately **No Special Flood Hazard Areas Identified, Not a NFIP Community ***Not a NFIP Community EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 27, 2013 Federal Emergency Management Agency FLOOD INSURANCE STUDY NUMBER 02122CV000A NOTICE TO FLOOD INSURANCE STUDY USERS Communities participating in the National Flood Insurance Program have established repositories of flood hazard data for floodplain management and flood insurance purposes. This Flood Insurance Study (FIS) report may not contain all data available within the Community Map Repository. Please contact the Community Map Repository for any additional data. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) may revise and republish part or all of this FIS report at any time. In addition, FEMA may revise part of this FIS report by the Letter of Map Revision process, which does not involve republication or redistribution of the FIS report. Therefore, users should consult with community officials and check the Community Map Repository to obtain the most current FIS report components. This FIS report was revised on September 27, 2013. Users should refer to Section 10.0, Revisions Description, for further information. Section 10.0 is intended to present the most up-to-date information for specific portions of this FIS report. Therefore, users of this report should be aware that the information presented in Section 10.0 supersedes information in Sections 1.0 through 9.0 of this FIS report. Selected Flood Insurance Rate Map panels for this community contain information that was previously shown separately on the corresponding Flood Boundary and Floodway Map panels (e.g., floodways, cross sections). In addition, former flood hazard zone designations have been changed for the area in and bordering the city of Seward (Section 10.2) as follows: Old Zones New Zones Al through A30 AE V1 through V30 VE B X C X Effective Date: September 27, 2013 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1.0 INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................. 1 1.1 Purpose of Study ............................................................................................................. 1 1.2 Authority and Acknowledgments ................................................................................... 2 1.3 Coordination ................................................................................................................... 2 2.0 AREA STUDIED ................................................................................................................... 3 2.1 Scope of Study ................................................................................................................ 3 2.2 Community Description .................................................................................................. 4 2.3 Principal Flood Problems ................................................................................................ 8 2.4 Flood Protection Measures ........................................................................................... 13 3.0 ENGINEERING METHODS ............................................................................................... 13 3.1 Hydrologic Analyses ..................................................................................................... 13 3.2 Hydraulic Analyses ....................................................................................................... 14 3.3 Wave Height Analysis .................................................................................................. 18 3.4 Vertical Datum .............................................................................................................. 21 4.0 FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT APPLICATIONS .......................................................... 22 4.1 Floodplain Boundaries .................................................................................................. 22 4.2 Floodways ..................................................................................................................... 23 4.3 Base Flood Elevations .................................................................................................. 44 4.4 Velocity Zones .............................................................................................................. 44 5.0 INSURANCE APPLICATIONS .......................................................................................... 45 6.0 FLOOD INSURANCE RATE MAP .................................................................................... 46 7.0 OTHER STUDIES ................................................................................................................ 48 8.0 LOCATION OF DATA ........................................................................................................ 48 9.0 BIBLIOGRAPHY AND REFERENCES ............................................................................. 49 10.0 REVISIONS DESCRIPTION............................................................................................... 52 10.1 First Revision (Revised December 6, 1999) ................................................................. 52 10.2 Second Revision (Revised September 27, 2013) .......................................................... 53 i TABLE OF CONTENTS (Continued) FIGURES Figure 1 - Transect Schematic .......................................................................................................... 20 Figure 2 - Floodway Schematic ........................................................................................................ 44 TABLES Table 1 - Floods of Record on the Kenai Peninsula ......................................................................... 11 Table 2 - Summary of Discharges .................................................................................................... 15 Table 3 - Summary of Stillwater Elevations ..................................................................................... 20 Table 4 - Vertical Datum Conversion ............................................................................................... 21 Table 5 - Floodway Data................................................................................................................... 24 Table 6 - Community Map History ................................................................................................... 47 EXHIBITS Exhibit 1 - Flood Profiles Bear Creek Panel 01P – 05P Grouse Creek Panel 06P Kasilof River Panel 07P – 10P Kenai River Panel 11P – 40P Kwechak River Panel 41P – 47P Resurrection River Panel 48P – 50P Salmon Creek Panel 51P – 63P Salmon Creek Overflow Panel 64P – 65P Salmon Creek/Resurrection River Split Panel 66P Salmon Creek Split Panel 67P Sawmill Creek Panel 68P – 71P Sawmill Creek Split Panel 72P Exhibit 2 - Flood Insurance Rate Map Index Flood Insurance Rate Map ii FLOOD INSURANCE STUDY KENAI PENNISULA BOROUGH, ALASKA AND INCORPORATED AREAS 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Purpose of Study This Flood Insurance Study (FIS) revises and updates information on the existence and severity of flood hazards in the geographic area of Kenai Peninsula Borough, including the Cities of Kenai, Seward, Soldotna, and Seldovia; and the unincorporated areas of Port Graham, English Bay, Nikishka, Ninilchik, Anchor Point, Moose Pass, Cooper Landing, and Hope (referred to collectively herein as Kenai Peninsula Borough), and aids in the administration of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 and the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973. This study has developed flood-risk data for various areas of the community that will be used to establish actuarial flood insurance rates and to assist the community in its efforts to promote sound floodplain management. Minimum floodplain management requirements for participation in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) are set forth in the Code of Federal Regulations at 44 CFR, 60.3. Please note that on the effective date of this study, the City of Kachemak has no Special Flood Hazard Areas (SFHA). This does not preclude future determinations of SFHAs that could be necessitated by changed conditions affecting the community (i.e. annexation of new lands) of the availability of new scientific or technical data about flood hazards. Please note that the City of Homer, Alaska is geographically located in the Kenai Peninsula Borough. The City of Homer is not included in this FIS report. See the separately published FIS report and Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) for flood- hazard information. Please note that this is a partial countywide FIRM, leaving several existing community-based FIRM panels in effect for the communities of Kenai Peninsula Borough, City of Kenai, City of Seldovia and City of Soldotna. The format of this study will depict certain portions of the countywide FIRM as “Areas Not Included” and others as unprinted panels. The Digital Flood Insurance Rate Map (DFIRM) and FIS report for portions of this countywide study have been produced in digital format. Flood hazard information was converted to meet the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) DFIRM database specifications and Geographic Information System (GIS) format