While FEMA has improved the accuracy and accessibility of the maps over time with better data, digital tools and community input, the maps still don't capture everything.

Even a small amount of water inside a home can cause costly damage. Here’s how to assess your flood risk and what to do if you’re in the danger zone.

An analysis of flood maps shows that several buildings, including those where children were sleeping, were in known hazard zones. A $5 million expansion in 2019 did nothing to alleviate the problem.

Other cabins were within a broader zone that would also be expected to flood once every 100 years. Those maps have not been modified to incorporate Camp Mystic’s written appeals.

The Hearst Television Data team analyzed FEMA's flood hazard data, identifying Camp Mystic, Camp La Junta and Camp Waldemar as being near high-risk flood zones.

An example of how FEMA maps flood zones onto an interactive map, so homeowners can search their address and learn their risk. - FEMA FirstStreet.org is another tool you can use to assess your risk.

Some of Camp La Junta’s property also coincides with areas known to flood, though several of its buildings are located in the lower-risk zone, or outside the flood zones entirely.

To find out what zone you live in, look at FEMA’s flood zone map. Zones B, C, and X are moderate-to-low-risk flood areas, while zones A and V are for high-risk areas.