Cities Fight to Get Off FEMA’s Flood Maps. One Montana Town Shows the Risk.

Livingston successfully overturned a flood map, which freed the city from onerous restrictions. Years later, disaster hit.
Capital Public Radio

New wildfire risk map suggests California communities increasingly vulnerable

After years of promising, Cal Fire has released new, updated maps to help residents determine if they live in a risky wildfire area. The interactive Wildfire Hazard Severity Zone map is more than a ...
Los Angeles Times

More than half of rural California now ranks ‘very high’ for wildfire hazard

For the first time, more than half of California’s rural and unincorporated communities could soon be classified as “very high” fire hazard severity zones, according to a proposed map from the ...
Sacramento Bee

Is your home at higher risk for wildfires? California updates map for first time in 15 years

After 15 years, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection has updated its wildfire risk map, showing an increase in fire hazard in the state. The new Wildfire Hazard Severity Zone map ...
KTVZ

Oregon Department of Forestry releases revised statewide wildfire hazard zone maps after initial version was pulled

SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — The revised statewide maps of wildfire hazard zones and the wildland-urban interface are complete and final versions are now available on the Oregon Explorer website, the Oregon ...