FEMA floodplain map of Aspen Ridge/Hill Place and streets downstream

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These are reasonably new maps and people who live in some houses along the Town Branch of the West Fork of the White River between Eleventh Street and Fifteenth Street now have to pay for flood insurance if they have a mortgage on their homes. A close look at the map reveals that FEMA now acknowledges not only that many buildings in that stretch are either IN or immediately adjacent to the acknowledged flood plain but also that much of the infrastructure for the failed Aspen Ridge site was built in the flood plain between Sixth and Eleventh streets west of South Hill Avenue.
In 2003 and 2004, the developers claimed that FEMA maps did not show floodplain in the area. Neighbors pointed out that the Town OVERFLOWED much of that land frequently even though the government had not designated it as floodplain and that, not only did the stream flow over the bridge at Eleventh Street but sometimes flowed over the bridge at Fifteenth Street.
Just another example of NIMBIES being ignored in favor of developers and builders who don't care what harm their projects might do.