PUBLIC NOTICE FOR
FLOODWAY REVISIONS
The Douglas County Community
Development, in accordance with National
Flood Insurance Program regulation 65.7(b)
(1), hereby gives notice of Douglas County’s
intent to revise the flood hazard information,
generally located near Buckeye Road, just
east of U.S. Hwy 395. Specifically, the flood
hazard revisions are being proposed as part
of a Letter of Map Revision (LOMR) for a
recently completed project affecting Buckeye
Creek and Martin Slough floodplains.
1. The floodway will be revised from
approximately 1,650 feet upstream of Lucerne
Street to approximately 450 feet upstream of
Buckeye Road along Martin Slough;
2. Base Flood Elevations (BFEs) will increase
along Martin Slough;
3. Base Flood Elevations will increase and
decrease along Buckeye Creek; and
4. The SFHA will increase and decrease
along Buckeye Creek.
Maps and detailed analysis of the floodplain
revision can be reviewed at the office of
R.O. Anderson Engineering, Inc., at 1603
Esmeralda Avenue, Minden, Nevada 89423 or
at Douglas County Community Development
office at 1594 Esmeralda Avenue, Minden, NV
89423. Interested persons may call Shaker
Gorla, P.E., CFM, Senior Hydraulic Engineer
with R.O. Anderson at (775) 782-2322 or may
call the engineer on duty for Douglas County
Community Development at (775) 782-6235
for additional information.
Pub: June 10, 2021 Ad#13905
