PEROU, Indiana (AP) – In northern Indiana, the city along the Wabash River is home to thousands of homes more prone to flooding than those on federal alluvial plains maps, according to new research.
Through the First Street Foundation, a generation group and non-profit studies, he found that 4,859 plots of land in Peru are in danger of flooding, representing approximately 600% more homes in Peru than the 712 indexed on Peru’s existing floodplain maps. Federal Emergency Management Agency.
These nearly 4900 flood-prone homes account for approximately 81% of all homes in Miami County headquarters, raising considerations about insurance rates and economic progress in the city, about 112 kilometers north of Indianapolis.
The effects of the study mean that Peru has the proportion of homes at risk of flooding in Indiana and ranks eighth in the state for all threatened households, the Kokomo Tribune reported.
Jim Tidd, executive director of the Miami County Economic Development Authority, said county officials were looking for a proposal from a civil engineering company to determine whether the study’s findings were accurate.
“We have to take it seriously, especially given the percentage of land the test says deserves to be reclassified in some way,” Tidd said. “When you communicate about this number of homes, it has a significant effect in Miami County, whether in Peru or elsewhere. “
If the figures examined are valid, the expansion of flood-prone spaces in Peru can create a serious barrier to the new housing structure and lead to higher insurance prices for some homeowners and businesses.
But Tidd said he had questioned some of the study figures because he said Peru had not suffered severe flooding since the Mississippi Dam was built near the Wabash River water point in 1967.