Floodplain Management and
Mitigation Success Stories

Drainage Improvements and Floodplain Enhancements
Dauphin County -Township of Derry Drainage Improvements

Emergency Management/Planning
Luzerne County - Wyoming Valley Emergency Action Plan

Emergency Management/Warning Notification
Northumberland County - Sunbury Flood Operations Center

Flood Risk Management
Columbia County - Flood Risk Management project for Kawneer Company, Inc.
Northumberland County - Sunbury Flood Risk Management System
Columbia County - Bloomsburg Airport Elevation
Columbia County - Design and Construction of a Flood Control System for Autoneum North America, Inc. and the Windsor Woods facility
Montour County - Danville Area Middle School

Hazard Mitigation
Venango County - Oil City Ice Boom

Local Preparedness
Allegheny County - Etna Borough Municipal Building Floodproofing
Blair County - City of Altoona Community Rating System (CRS) Program

Local Preparedness/Mitigation
Butler County - Harmony Junction Dam Removal, Connoquenessing Creek, Jackson Township
Mercer County - Cunningham Memorial Dam Removal, Grove City
Dauphin County - Stage Inundation Map Library for the Susquehanna River at Harrisburg
Union County - Acquisition and Demolition of Ten Flood Prone Properties located on South Sixth Street in the Borough of Lewisburg

Local Preparedness/Warning Notification
Cameron County - Outdoor Siren Warning System at the George B Stevenson Dam

Planning
Spatial Data Survey of 67 counties

Risk Communication/Outreach
Pennsylvania Silver Jackets’ Flood Risk Management Resources Website