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Lamar County Multi- Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan <br />Chapter Three <br />6f: Lamar county Flood zones: City of Roxton <br />The National Flood insurance <br />7. Secondary Hazards Program (NFIP) is a federal <br />Lamar County drains to the northeast into the Red program that enables property <br />owners to purchase flood <br />River. The impacts of upstream flooding, can have <br />significant impact of the water quality, flood control, insurance as protection against <br />wildlife habitats, recreational opportunities, and other flood losses in exchange forstate <br />functions that are essential for maintaining the quality and community floodplain <br />of life and economic prosperity through a large management regulation to <br />section of Texas. Secondary hazards include k. <br />transportation disruptions, dam failure, dispersion of contaminants, and threatened water <br />supplies not just to the immediate area but through the river basin that reaches to the Bay of <br />Galveston. Hazardous materials, and other possible sources of contaminants, are not identified <br />in the area, but may need to be addressed in updates to theis plan as Lamar County becomes <br />more populated. <br />Lamar County's floodplains and storm drainage areas have been modified over time by <br />agricultural practices, mitigation projects, development, and erosion. The riparian corridor along <br />97 <br />