Glossary
National Flood Hazard Layer
FEMA's national flood hazard dataset that can be used to enrich property and community context.
The National Flood Hazard Layer, or NFHL, is FEMA's public flood hazard dataset. It is valuable because it can power community pages, property context, and data-backed summaries without simply mirroring FEMA's own interfaces.
Key takeaways
NFHL is a public flood hazard dataset that can add useful map context.
The value comes from translating the data into useful guidance and summaries.
Why it matters
It supports property and community context pages.
It can support data-backed maps, summaries, and local explanations.