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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I just discovered that my house is rated 7/10 on the First Street flood factor that shows up on redfin. We bought the house about 3 years ago and I definitely do not remember it being rated that way then.

I have no idea what they base this stuff on but it seems inaccurate. My neighbors are all rated 1. We have had massive rain this year and we have never had water running or pooling near the house. Our old house which was at the bottom of a neighborhood hill had way more water issues and it is rated a 1/10. The only thing I can think of is that we have a storm drain easement on our property so there is a lot of water running out of that drain into the creek behind us but this drain is like 100 feet downwards from our house draining away. We are maybe 600 feet away from the creek, so not that close.

Question is, is there anything I can do? It seems so sketchy that this company gets to "predict" flooding and then ruin home values. Are we just screwed with our home value? [/quote]

“storm drain easement” and “creek 600 feet away” are red flags. Small streams are very likely to flood during atmospheric river events and there are parts of the dc metro area that are prone to atmospheric rivers. Do you have flood insurance? [/quote]

It all depends on overall topography because areas that appear to be lower if you are inside a neighborhood may in reality have higher elevation compared to the nearby areas, so water from the streams at higher elevation would flow into the streams at lower elevations, which isn't a part of the local map necessarily or even not a part of a specific neighborhood.  If you walk around with a compass that has elevation reading you will know what I mean.  You may see a hill and then walk to a lower area to see that they are at the same elevation overall or flat area may appear higher than a hill 2 blocks away.  Hilly areas can be tricky.

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