Help Us Preserve Federal Flood and Emergency Management Documents

The Association of State Floodplain Managers (ASFPM) has launched an initiative to preserve federal agency documents that are important to ASFPM's mission. Using the following guidelines (below), we're asking our library users and collaborators to reach out and suggest documents for preservation.

Preservation Suggestion Guidelines

1. A document or dataset to be preserved SHOULD be related to the ASFPM mission, i.e., it should focus on flood hazards, flood mitigation, flood risk, NFIP, or otherwise be CFM-related.
2. The documents' or datasets' source must be a Federal agency, and in particular documents from FEMA, NOAA, USACE, and the EPA are most appropriate.
3. The documents or datasets should be one of the following file formats: PDF (.pdf), Word Document (.docx), Excel Spreadsheet (.xlsx), or a tabular data format (.csv or .tsv).
4. When suggesting a documents or datasets for preservation, please limit yourself to no more than 10 documents in a series. Singular document or dataset suggestions will receive preservation consideration first.

Helpful Resource Pages

Contact State Floodplain Manager

Elevation Certificate Information

Flood Journal Resources

Not finding what you need? Contact the library staff at library@floods.org or a visit a related library of interest.

About the ASFPM Library

The ASFPM library is a unique and extensive collection of resources related to all aspects of floodplain management. The library contains a wide range of materials, including ASFPM publications, government documents, theses, and technical reports.

In addition, the ASFPM library contains many topical collections, such as educational resources for teachers, contemporary and historical resources, and collections of materials donated to the library over the years by generous individuals and organizations.

Anyone can search the library’s catalog, which provides access to thousands of titles, many available online.