Federal Emergency Management Agency floodplain mapping program
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The Federal Emergency Management Agency floodplain mapping program is a federal initiative that produces and updates detailed flood hazard maps used to assess flood risk, guide land-use planning, and support the National Flood Insurance Program.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| FEMA Risk Mapping, Assessment, and Planning program | 1 |
| Federal Emergency Management Agency floodplain mapping program canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4892914 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Federal Emergency Management Agency floodplain mapping program Context triple: [National Flood Insurance Program, relatedTo, Federal Emergency Management Agency floodplain mapping program]
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A.
National Flood Insurance Program
The National Flood Insurance Program is a U.S. government initiative that provides flood insurance to property owners and encourages communities to adopt and enforce floodplain management regulations to reduce flood risk.
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B.
Hazard Mitigation Grant Program
The Hazard Mitigation Grant Program is a U.S. federal program that provides funding to state, local, tribal, and territorial governments to implement long-term measures that reduce the risk of future disasters.
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C.
United States emergency management system
The United States emergency management system is the nationwide framework of agencies, policies, and procedures responsible for preparing for, responding to, and recovering from natural disasters, technological incidents, and national security emergencies.
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D.
National Water Information System
The National Water Information System is a comprehensive U.S. database and platform that provides access to nationwide water resources data, including streamflow, groundwater levels, water quality, and water use.
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E.
USGS Water Resources Mission Area
The USGS Water Resources Mission Area is a division of the U.S. Geological Survey responsible for assessing, monitoring, and researching the nation’s water resources to support science-based management and policy.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Federal Emergency Management Agency floodplain mapping program Target entity description: The Federal Emergency Management Agency floodplain mapping program is a federal initiative that produces and updates detailed flood hazard maps used to assess flood risk, guide land-use planning, and support the National Flood Insurance Program.
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A.
National Flood Insurance Program
The National Flood Insurance Program is a U.S. government initiative that provides flood insurance to property owners and encourages communities to adopt and enforce floodplain management regulations to reduce flood risk.
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B.
Hazard Mitigation Grant Program
The Hazard Mitigation Grant Program is a U.S. federal program that provides funding to state, local, tribal, and territorial governments to implement long-term measures that reduce the risk of future disasters.
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C.
United States emergency management system
The United States emergency management system is the nationwide framework of agencies, policies, and procedures responsible for preparing for, responding to, and recovering from natural disasters, technological incidents, and national security emergencies.
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D.
National Water Information System
The National Water Information System is a comprehensive U.S. database and platform that provides access to nationwide water resources data, including streamflow, groundwater levels, water quality, and water use.
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E.
USGS Water Resources Mission Area
The USGS Water Resources Mission Area is a division of the U.S. Geological Survey responsible for assessing, monitoring, and researching the nation’s water resources to support science-based management and policy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States government program
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federal flood hazard mapping program ⓘ |
| beneficiary |
federal agencies
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insurance companies ⓘ local governments ⓘ property owners in flood-prone areas ⓘ state governments ⓘ |
| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| dataSource |
coastal storm modeling
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historical flood records ⓘ hydrologic and hydraulic studies ⓘ topographic data ⓘ |
| defines |
100-year floodplains
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500-year floodplains ⓘ Special Flood Hazard Areas ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
base flood elevations
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coastal flooding ⓘ riverine flooding ⓘ storm surge hazards ⓘ |
| operator | Federal Emergency Management Agency ⓘ |
| outputFormat |
digital geospatial data
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online map viewers ⓘ paper maps ⓘ |
| produces |
Flood Hazard Boundary Maps
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linked to:
Flood Insurance Rate Maps
Flood Insurance Rate Maps ⓘ digital flood hazard data ⓘ flood hazard maps ⓘ |
| purpose |
assess flood risk
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guide land-use planning ⓘ produce flood hazard maps ⓘ support the National Flood Insurance Program ⓘ update flood hazard maps ⓘ |
| regulatoryRole |
establishes minimum floodplain management standards for participating communities
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identifies areas where flood insurance is required for federally backed mortgages ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
FEMA Risk Mapping, Assessment, and Planning program
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National Flood Insurance Program ⓘ |
| scale |
community-level mapping
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county-level mapping ⓘ watershed-level mapping ⓘ |
| supportsPolicy |
building code requirements in flood zones
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floodplain management regulations ⓘ mandatory flood insurance purchase requirements ⓘ |
| usedBy | National Flood Insurance Program ⓘ |
| usedFor |
development regulation in flood-prone areas
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flood insurance rating ⓘ floodplain management ⓘ risk communication to communities ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Federal Emergency Management Agency floodplain mapping program Description of subject: The Federal Emergency Management Agency floodplain mapping program is a federal initiative that produces and updates detailed flood hazard maps used to assess flood risk, guide land-use planning, and support the National Flood Insurance Program.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
National Flood Insurance Program
→
relatedTo
→
Federal Emergency Management Agency floodplain mapping program
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Federal Emergency Management Agency floodplain mapping program
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relatedTo
→
FEMA Risk Mapping, Assessment, and Planning program
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linked to: Federal Emergency Management Agency floodplain mapping program