Frequently Asked Questions
- Is my property located in a floodplain?
- What do the different flood zone designations mean?
- What is a 100-year storm?
- How is AMAFCA funded?
- How do I get trash cleaned up from an arroyo?
- What mapping or design resources does AMAFCA have available for check-out?
Is my property located in a floodplain?
If you live in Albuquerque, you can find out by contacting the City Floodplain Administrator, Brad Bingham, at 924-3986 (phone), 924-3864 (fax). For outside city limits, contact the County Floodplain Administrator, Don Briggs at 848-1511 (phone), 848-1510 (fax). Please also read Floodplain Determination at the City of Albuquerque website.
What do the different flood zone designations mean?
Go to this FEMA webpage for the flood zone codes and answers to other FAQs regarding flood zones and floodplains.
What is a 100-year storm?
The hundred-year storm is better defined as a storm that has a one percent chance of occurring in any given year. Over a 10-year period, there is almost a 10% chance of such a storm. Over a 30-year period (the length of a typical home mortgage), there is a 26% chance of such a storm. Depending on your location in Albuquerque, a hundred-year storm is defined as between 2.2 and 2.9 inches of rain within six hours.
How is AMAFCA funded?
AMAFCA’s sole source of revenue is the ad valorem (property) tax. Only about three to four percent of the total property tax goes to AMAFCA.
How do I get trash cleaned up from an arroyo?
First check the Facilities Maintenance Map or AMAFCA's Interactive Facilities Map to determine who maintains the arroyo. Then call us at 884-2215 if it is maintained by AMAFCA, or, if it is maintained by the City, call City Arroyo Maintenance at 857-8250 or City Storm Drain Maintenance at 291-6214. See our Reporting a Problem page for more information and other contact numbers.
What mapping or design resources does AMAFCA have available for check-out?
You may check out CDs containing digital orthophotos (1999 or 2004), 1' or 2' contours (1999 with limited 2004 updates), and digital surfaces (1999) at AMAFCA.
Bernalillo County has 2004, 2006 and 2008 orthophotos available online.
- The March 2004 photos, arranged by zone atlas page, are available for download here in MrSID format (click here for more info). To view MrSID files and save in other formats, including TIFF, download the free ExpressView Browser Plug-In.
- March 2006 photos, arranged by zone atlas page quadrants, are available for download here in Enhanced Compressed Wavelet format, and in SID format here (click here for more info).
For more information about these datasets and others, including the 2008 orthophotos and surface models and contours, go to Bernalillo County’s GIS Program webpage.