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Coastal Georgia sea-level rise resources

Check your home’s flood risk and your county’s maps, plans.

by The Current November 23rd, 2020Updated April 23rd, 2021

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Coastal Georgia sea-level rise resources

by The Current, The Current
November 23, 2020

<h1>Coastal Georgia sea-level rise resources</h1>
<p class="byline">by The Current, The Current <br />November 23, 2020</p>
 
<p><strong><span class="has-inline-color has-primary-color"><a href="https://msc.fema.gov/portal/home" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">FEMA Flood Map Service Center:</a></span></strong> Find out the risk to your address.</p>
<p>In Georgia, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration monitors only Fort Pulaski in Chatham County for sea-level trends. The next monitor to the south is located just south of the Georgia line in Fernandina Beach, Florida. </p>
<p><strong><span class="has-inline-color has-primary-color"><a href="https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/sltrends/sltrends_station.shtml?id=8670870" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Fort Pulaski relative sea level trend</a> </span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span class="has-inline-color has-primary-color">Regional scenarios for Fort Pulaski, Chatham County</span></strong></p>
<p><strong><a href="https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/sltrends/sltrends_station.shtml?id=8720030" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><span class="has-inline-color has-primary-color">Fernandina Beach, Florida, sea level trend</span></a></strong></p>
<p><a href="https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/sltrends/sltrends_station.shtml?id=8720030" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><span class="has-inline-color has-primary-color"><strong>Regional scenarios for Fernandina Beach, Florida </strong></span></a></p>
<p>Environmental Protection Agency: <strong><a href="https://www.epa.gov/climate-indicators/climate-change-indicators-coastal-flooding" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Climate Change Indicators for Coastal Flooding</a></strong>: How frequency of coastal flooding has changed over time. <a href="https://www.sofarocean.com/posts/how-does-climate-change-affect-the-ocean" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Other research, predictions.</a></p>
<p><strong><a href="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/2?ui=2&amp;ik=7c6c2273a0&amp;attid=0.1.1&amp;permmsgid=msg-f:1684162668216727955&amp;th=175f59060f083993&amp;view=att&amp;disp=inline" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Read Glynn County's Shoreline Assessment and Implementation Resiliency Plan</a></strong></p>
<p><strong><a href="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/2?ui=2&amp;ik=7c6c2273a0&amp;attid=0.1.3&amp;permmsgid=msg-f:1684162668216727955&amp;th=175f59060f083993&amp;view=att&amp;disp=inline" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Climate Resilience Adaptation Report for Brunswick-Glynn County</a></strong></p>
<p><strong><a href="https://www.glynncounty.org/1658/Web-Flood-Maps" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Glynn County flood maps</a></strong></p>
<p>Climate Central: <strong><span class="has-inline-color has-primary-color"><a href="https://www.climatecentral.org/gallery/maps/savannahs_rising_seas" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Savannah Sea Level Rise Projection</a></span></strong>: map showing inundation by 3-foot rise </p>
<p><strong><a href="https://chathamemergency.org/PrepareNow/Flooding" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Chatham County flood information</a></strong>: includes 50% damage and elevation rules.</p>
<p><strong><a href="http://engineering.chathamcounty.org/Flood-Zones/Flood-Zone-Definitions" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Chatham County flood zone definitions</a></strong></p>
<p><strong><a href="http://www.mcintoshcountyga.com/index.php/our-community/flood-safety-preparedness" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">McIntosh County flood information, maps</a></strong></p>
<p><strong><span class="has-inline-color has-primary-color"><a href="https://www.camdencountyga.gov/880/National-Storm-Surge-Hazard-Maps" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Camden County storm surge hazard information, maps</a></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span class="has-inline-color has-primary-color"><a href="https://www.bryancountyga.org/i-want-to/flood-protection/flood-maps" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Bryan County flood information, maps</a></span></strong></p>


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