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    Community Flood Risk Areas

    Metadata Updated: October 11, 2025

    Coastal storm and flood events may increase the likelihood of danger or damage to life and property as a consequence of inundation and shoreline erosion. These hazards are caused by storms and exacerbated by sea level rise. The Community Flood Risk Areas represent residential areas at risk to coastal flooding where populations may be less equipped to prepare for, respond to, or recover from a coastal hazard event. Risk Areas are ranked from 1 to 5 to indicate relative risk, with 1 indicating very low risk and 5 indicating very high risk. Risk rankings incorporate population density, social parameters (i.e. age, income, language proficiency), and probability of exposure to a flood hazard event in any one given year. 2013 US Census Bureau American Community Survey, 2010 Maryland Department of Planning land use land cover, and effective FEMA floodplain data as of December 2015 were used to identify and rank risk areas.

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. Non-Federal: This dataset is covered by different Terms of Use than Data.gov. License: No license information was provided.

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    Dates

    Metadata Created Date July 26, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date October 11, 2025

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from md json

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date July 26, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date October 11, 2025
    Publisher opendata.maryland.gov
    Maintainer
    Identifier https://opendata.maryland.gov/api/views/kued-vmt9
    Data First Published 2025-07-21
    Data Last Modified 2025-10-06
    Public Access Level public
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    Metadata Catalog ID https://opendata.maryland.gov/data.json
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
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    Harvest Source Id ee165ef5-7b35-41a7-b3a5-5479c71b0e58
    Harvest Source Title md json
    Homepage URL https://opendata.maryland.gov/d/kued-vmt9
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash c27b87ac11ff86b0ba996e2dbedb518e8ea9cb5e24303ac76f152d6bd0fb447f
    Source Schema Version 1.1

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