CFW City Flood Risk Areas

This layer contains subdivision boundaries within the City of Fort Worth as well as in adjacent municipalities. The layer is used to provide spatial context for properties in adjacent cities and surrounding areas. Attribute and geometry information are compiled from available external sources to support planning coordination, development review, and regional analysis.

This dataset contains the legal descriptions of tracts and platted lots within the City of Fort Worth. Geometry and some attribute information are derived from Development Services GIS team. The layer provides a view of property boundaries and information to support planning, permitting, and development review activities. Data is updated on a regular basis to reflect new plats and lot modifications.

The Zoning layer identifies the zoning classification for all parcels within the City of Fort Worth. It includes general zoning districts (e.g., A-5, CF, MU-2), overlays (e.g., Historic, NS, DD), and Planned Developments (PDs), which may include special conditions. This layer supports staff, developers, and the public in determining land use permissions, building standards, and applicable development regulations. It is maintained by Development Services, GIS Division, and updated regularly following City Council zoning case approvals. The zoning layer is created and maintained using ordinances adopted by City Council. Updates occur after zoning cases are approved and legal descriptions are validated. Changes are mapped into GIS and reviewed for accuracy.

Fort Worth has more railroad grade crossings per capita than any other large city in Texas. Because of significant historical railroad developments dating back to the first railroad, the Texas & Pacific in 1876, today there are 193 grade crossings in the city. With the high amount of train activity and high number of grade crossings in Fort Worth, the city is committed to improving railroad crossing safety and developing new quiet zones. The railroad crossing feature class is a static formation which is not updated on a daily basis.

Contains data from the National Flood Hazard Layer, a GIS database of flood risks and regulatory flood determination data through FEMA

The National Flood Hazard Layer (NFHL) data incorporates all Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) databases published by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and any Letters Of Map Revision (LOMRs) that have been issued against those databases since their publication date. It is updated on a monthly basis. The FIRM Database is the digital, geospatial version of the flood hazard information shown on the published paper FIRMs. The FIRM Database depicts flood risk information and supporting data used to develop the risk data. The primary risk classifications used are the 1-percent-annual-chance flood event, the 0.2-percent-annual-chance flood event, and areas of minimal flood risk. The FIRM Database is derived from Flood Insurance Studies (FISs), previously published FIRMs, flood hazard analyses performed in support of the FISs and FIRMs, and new mapping data, where available. The FISs and FIRMs are published by FEMA. The NFHL is available as State or US Territory data sets. Each State or Territory data set consists of all FIRM Databases and corresponding LOMRs available on the publication date of the data set. The specification for the horizontal control of FIRM Databases is consistent with those required for mapping at a scale of 1:12,000. This file is georeferenced to the Earth's surface using the Geographic Coordinate System (GCS) and North American Dataum of 1983 (NSRS-2007).