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Ra
apid Property
y Assesssment a
and Coa
astal Exposur
re
What
is Rapid PACE?
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Rapid
PACE is a co
oastal hazard
ds screening tool that com
mpiles data
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from seeveral publiccally availablle risk assesssment tools. Looking att
conditio
ons today an
nd those of th
he future, Raapid PACE provides
p
a
site-speecific view of
o potential exposure
e
to various
v
coasttal hazards.
Rapid
d PACE wiill:
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Examine cu
urrent and futture storm sccenarios, inccorporating
sea level rise.
Examine efffects of marssh migration
n due to risin
ng sea levels .
is a thrreat to the property.
Determine if
i coastal ero
osion
Provide a su
ummary repo
ort and mapss reviewing the
t impacts.
Rappid PACE Risk Asseessment
Toools
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Water Type
CRMC W
DEM Criitical Resourrce Managem
ment
Area (CR
RA)
Coastal F
Freshwater W
Wetlands
Jurisdictioon
Shorelinee Erosion maaps
Rhode Islland Floodpllain Mapping
Tool
U.S. Fishh & Wildlife Service Coaastal
Barrier R
Resource System (CBRS))
STORMT
TOOLS
Hurricanee Evacuationn Maps
Sea Level Affecting M
Marsh Modeels
(SLAMM
M)
Sea Level Rise and T
Transportatio
on
Fact Sheeets
Rhode Island Sea Graant
Who ccan use Rapid
R
PAC
CE?
Municiipal Officialls
Use thee Online requ
uest form to connect with
h our Rapid PACE team
m.
We willl provide a site-specific
s
summary off maps show
wing exposuree
to coasttal hazards, typically
t
witthin 48-hourrs.
Generaal Public
Each off the tools ussed in a Rapiid PACE asssessment can
n be found
online.
See the back of thiis sheet for an example of Raapid
CE assessmentt for Town Beaach in Barringtton.
PAC
Google Maps Satellite View
\
Caase Study:
Th
he site: A R
Rapid PAC
CE report
waas requested by the Barrington
Plaanner for thhe Town B
Beach
prooperty on B
Beach Roaad.
The Flooodplain Mappin
ng Tool shows that the beach lies within thee VE17 FEMA
A
flood zon
ne, described as
a “Coastal areaas with a 1% or
o greater chancce of flooding
and an addditional hazarrd associated with
w storm wavees… having a 26%
2
chance off
flooding over the life off a 30-year mo
ortgage.” (CRM
MC RI Coastal Property Guidde)
Depth
h to Flooding
STORM
MTOOLS
maps indicate that
the propperty may be
inundateed by 8 or
more feeet of water
during a 100-year
storm.
Wh
hat can wee learn froom this
Raapid PACE
E Assessm
ment?
In addition too the maps shown
herre, we can learn impoortant
infformation aabout the ssite such ass:
¾ Parts of the site aree within th
he
2000’ contiguuous area llandward of
o
a coastal feaature; thereefore, some
on
acctivities arre subject to regulatio
byy CRMC.
¾ The clossest waterss to the sitee
arre categoriized by CR
RMC as
T
Type 1—Coonservationn Areas.
¾ Shorelinne erosion hhas not
seeriously im
mpacted thee site sincee
reecord-keepping began in 1939.
Depth to Flooding
STORMT
TOOLS maps
indicate tthat a 100year retu
urn period
storm wiith 3 feet of
sea level rise, could pu
ut
the site uunder 17 feet off
water in tthe future.
The sitee is within
Flood
Evacuaation
Zone A
A. This
zone is
recomm
mended to
be evaccuated
prior too category
1 and 2
hurrican
anes.
LEA
ARN MOR
RE
View thhe tools or sub
bmit municip
pal requests fo
or a Rapid PA
ACE Assessm
ment: http://ww
ww.beachsam
mp.org/relateddprojects/pacee/
Exploree more of Rho
ode Island’s Resilience
R
To
ools: http://ww
ww.crc.uri.eduu/activities_ppage/resilience-tools/
Contactt: Christopherr Condit, URII Coastal Resources Center, RI Sea Graant • 401.874..6489 • [email protected]