FEMA exempted buildings at old and new sites In response to an appeal, FEMA in 2013 amended the county’s flood map to remove 15 of the camp’s buildings from the hazard area.

Federal regulators approved appeals to remove buildings from the 100-year flood hazard map of Camp Mystic, reducing regulatory oversight in a high-risk floodplain in Texas before torrential waters ...

Before Camp Mystic expansion, FEMA took buildings off flood plain map, records show In response to an appeal, federal agency in 2013 amended the county’s 100-year flood map to remove 15 of the ...

A map of a section of Kerr County, Texas, where a deadly flood struck on July 4, 2025, compares the FEMA flood map's 100-year flood zone (red) to First Street's more detailed 100-year flood zone ...

Multiple buildings at Camp Mystic in Texas, one of the many areas impacted by the flood disaster over the 4th of July weekend, were removed from Kerr County’s 100-year flood map, according to a ...

Eli Hartman / AP FEMA exempted buildings at new and old sites In response to an appeal, FEMA in 2013 amended the county's flood map to remove 15 of the camp's buildings from the hazard area.

A map of a section of Kerr County, Texas, where a deadly flood struck on July 4, 2025, compares the FEMA flood map’s 100-year flood zone (red) to First Street’s more detailed 100-year flood ...

Federal regulators repeatedly granted appeals to remove Camp Mystic's buildings from their 100-year flood map, loosening oversight as the camp operated and expanded in a dangerous flood plain.

Another 15 structures were removed from the map in 2019 and 2020, all of which were located on the nearby property, Camp Mystic Cypress Lake. It is a sister site that was opened in 2020 as part of ...

In map amendments in 2013, 2019 and 2020, FEMA granted appeals to remove 30 Camp Mystic structures from its National Flood Insurance map.

FEMA exempted buildings at old and new sites In response to an appeal, FEMA in 2013 amended the county’s flood map to remove 15 of the camp’s buildings from the hazard area.

FEMA had cautioned in its amendments that other parts of Camp Mystic remained on the flood map, and that “any future construction or substantial improvement” would be subject to flood plain ...