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The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) is a program created by the Congress of the United States in 1968 through the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (P.L. 90-448). The NFIP has two purposes: to share the risk of flood losses through flood insurance and to reduce flood damages by restricting floodplain development.
Marana in the foreground of the Tortolita Mountains. (2020) Marana (/ məˈræ.nə /) is a town that mostly lies in Pima County with a small portion in Pinal County, in the U.S. state of Arizona. [ 2 ][ 3 ] It is located northwest of Tucson, Arizona. As of the 2020 census, the population of the town was 51,908.
Five towns – Clifton, Duncan, Winkelman, Hayden, and Marana – were almost completely flooded. In Marana, many homes were submerged, forcing residents to be evacuated. Over 700 homes were destroyed in Clifton. In addition, 86 of the town's 126 business were heavily damaged due to the flooding. Around 3,000 buildings were destroyed due to Octave.
WRDA 1986. WRDA 1986 directed the Secretary of the Army to issue guidelines for crediting against the non-Federal share of project cost for flood control any compatible work carried out by local interests. It authorized appropriations for the prosecution of the comprehensive plan of development for specified river basins and projects.
The town of Tombstone has capitalized on interest in the gunfight. A portion of the town is a historical district that has been designated a National Historic Landmark and is listed in the National Register of Historic Places by the U.S. National Park Service. [140] A local company produces daily theatrical re-enactments of the gunfight. [141]
Continental Ranch (Marana), Dove Mountain (Marana), and Rancho Vistoso (Oro Valley), and Saddlebrooke (North Oro Valley) are all master planned communities in the northwest that have thousands of residents. The community of Casas Adobes is also on the Northwest side, with the distinction of being Tucson's first suburb, established in the late ...
An Act authorizing the construction of certain public works on rivers and harbors for flood control, and for other purposes. The Flood Control Act of 1938 was an Act of the United States Congress signed into law by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt that authorized civil engineering projects such as dams, levees, dikes, and other flood control ...
Celilo, flooded by Lake Celilo. Champoeg, destroyed by the Great Flood of 1862. Copper, under Applegate Reservoir. Detroit, inundated by Detroit Lake and relocated. Dorena, flooded by Dorena Reservoir and relocated. Homestead, possibly under the Hells Canyon Reservoir. Linn City, destroyed by the Great Flood of 1862. Orleans, destroyed by the ...