IRVINE, Calif. — (BUSINESS WIRE) — August 28, 2017 — CoreLogic® (NYSE: CLGX), a leading global property information, analytics and data-enabled solutions provider, has conducted an analysis for the flooding occurring as a result of Hurricane Harvey. This analysis shows that 52 percent of residential and commercial properties in the Houston metro are at “High” or “Moderate” risk of flooding, but are not in a Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA) as identified by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Properties within SFHA zones, categorized as Extreme or Very High risk, require flood insurance if the property has a federally insured mortgage. Properties outside SFHA zones are not required to carry flood insurance.
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CoreLogic Table 1: Total Properties at Risk by Flood Risk Level (Graphic: CoreLogic)
Table 1 shows the levels of flood risk* according to CoreLogic data for
properties in seven metro areas likely to get severe rain and flooding
as a result of Hurricane Harvey. Table 2 shows only the total and
percent of properties in the High and Moderate risk categories that are
not in an SFHA and therefore not required to carry flood insurance.
Table 1: Total Properties at Risk by Flood Risk Level |
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Inside Special
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Outside Special Flood Hazard Area | |||||||||||||||||||||
Metro Area |
Total
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Extreme
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Very
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High
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Moderate
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Low
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Very
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Austin-Round
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701,325 | 7,233 | 15,628 |
52,622 |
74,451 |
66,110 | 485,281 | |||||||||||||||
Bay City
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23,459 | 722 | 5,727 |
7,374 |
5,904 |
1,104 | 2,628 | |||||||||||||||
Beaumont-Port
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194,610 | 1,990 | 19,774 |
39,096 |
67,090 |
19,531 | 47,129 | |||||||||||||||
College Station-
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91,106 | 836 | 2,983 |
6,865 |
13,070 |
13,496 | 53,856 | |||||||||||||||
Corpus Christi
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34,330 | 186 | 4,199 |
5,924 |
6,175 |
3,379 | 14,467 | |||||||||||||||
Houston-
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2,340,343 | 57,077 | 211,851 |
494,983 |
715,202 |
287,098 | 574,132 | |||||||||||||||
Victoria
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42,419 | 646 | 1,847 |
7,064 |
7,751 |
4,198 | 20,913 | |||||||||||||||
Source: CoreLogic August 2017 |
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