Flood and water damage restoration for central Las Vegas

Built on FEMA, USGS and NOAA data for every ZIP inside a 7 mile radius.

Flood risk near me

ZIP 89106Las Vegas city, 1.52 mi northwest of center

FEMA zone at point: Zone X, shaded Moderate hazard. Between the 1 percent (100 year) and the 0.2 percent (500 year) annual chance floods.
Zones within half a mile: Zone X, shaded
Zone X
Nearest named wash: Vegas Creek, 0.46 mi south
Nearest detention basin: Meadows Detention Basin, 1.16 mi southwest
Nearest USGS gauge: LAS VEGAS CK AT MEADOWS DETN BSN OUT AT LAS VEGAS, 1.16 mi

White service van with Las Vegas Flood Restoration and the phone number (702) 602-9420 on the side, parked on a wet street after a storm — FIG. 01Our van on a wet street at a home on the east side after a July monsoon storm.

Seven miles, four named washes, twenty ZIPs

Our service area is a 7 mile circle around 36.1699 north, 115.1398 west. Twenty ZIP Code areas have their Census internal point inside it. Four named streams on the USGS hydrography map cross it, Las Vegas Wash, Tropicana Wash, Duck Creek and Vegas Creek, and USGS names a fifth, Flamingo Wash, on its gauges and in its place names.

The National Weather Service says flash floods from monsoon thunderstorms often sweep down normally dry washes. So the first question we ask about any address is how close it sits to one. Click a ZIP on the map for its row in the flood risk lookup.

Brown floodwater running down Grand Teton Drive past a stop sign, a utility box and street trees — FIG. 02Grand Teton Drive running as a river after storm runoff overran the northwest flood basins, Las Vegas, August 2013. Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0.

FIG. 03The 7 mile radius. Washes from USGS NHD, Flamingo Wash drawn through its USGS gauge locations, squares are detention basins, dots are USGS gauges, small squares are ZIP points from the Census Gazetteer.

Services

Service	First on site	Then
Water Damage Restoration	Extraction, drying, cleanup and rebuild on one call	Moisture readings logged for your insurer
Emergency Water Extraction	Standing water pumped and vacuumed out	Carpet and pad checked for lift or replace
Flood Cleanup	Built for storm water from outside	Mud and silt removed before drying
Burst and Leaking Pipes	Find and close the main shutoff first	Wet walls opened only where readings say
Ceiling and Roof Leaks	Sagging drywall made safe first	Attic insulation checked for wet batts
Slab Leak Damage	Meter test before anything is opened	Wet flooring and wall bottoms mapped
Sewage and Toilet Overflow Cleanup	Contaminated water removed first	Porous materials discarded, not dried
Structural Drying and Dehumidification	Moisture map on day one	Air movers and dehumidifiers sized to rooms
Mold Inspection and Remediation	Moisture source found and fixed first	Growth area measured
Insurance Claim Help	Flood versus homeowners sorted on day one	Photos and moisture logs for the adjuster

Table. Ten services, one number. Call or text (702) 602-9420.

Who shows up

You call or text (702) 602-9420 with your street and a photo of the water line. A crew comes in the van with pumps, extractors and air movers already racked, so the water comes out and the drying starts on the first visit.

The first hour table below is what we ask of you while we drive over.

Two technicians in work gear unloading air movers from the back of the Las Vegas Flood Restoration van — FIG. 04Two technicians unloading air movers from the van before the first wet room is opened.

The first hour

A flash flood and a burst pipe start the same way. Get people clear, stop the water if you safely can, keep away from wet power, and start the drying clock. EPA says to dry water damaged areas and items within 24 to 48 hours to prevent mold growth.

The full first hour guide

Clock	Action	Why
0 min	Get people out of the water	Do not walk or drive through moving water. Ready.gov says six inches of moving water can knock you down and one foot can sweep a car away.
2 min	Stop the source if you safely can	For a pipe, close the main shutoff. LVVWD says it is usually in the front yard near the sewer riser cap, in the garage or at the home's manifold.
5 min	Keep away from wet power	Ready.gov says not to touch electrical equipment that is wet or while you stand in water. Leave the breaker panel alone if the floor around it is wet.
10 min	Call or text (702) 602-9420	Tell us where the water came from, which rooms are wet and whether it came in from outside. That decides the crew and the gear.
15 min	Photograph everything before it moves	Wide shots of each room, close shots of the water line on walls, and the source. Your insurer will ask for these.
30 min	Lift and separate	Move rugs, boxes and furniture off wet floors. Put foil or wood blocks under furniture legs that must stay.
45 min	Treat flood water as dirty	Floodwater can be contaminated, per Ready.gov. Wear gloves and boots. Keep children and pets out.
60 min	Start the 48 hour clock	EPA says to dry water damaged areas and items within 24 to 48 hours to prevent mold growth. Extraction and drying should start inside that window.

Table. The first hour, from Ready.gov, EPA and LVVWD guidance.

Rain is rare here, and it arrives hard

NOAA's 1991 to 2020 normals put the Las Vegas airport at 3.99 inches of rain a year, with 10.2 days reaching a tenth of an inch and 2.3 days reaching half an inch. The NWS notes that caliche is almost impervious, so almost all of it runs off.

Muddy floodwater filling Flamingo Wash beside two story buildings with tile roofs, parked cars at the water edge — FIG. 05Flamingo Wash in flood, Las Vegas, September 1984. US Army Corps of Engineers slide.

Inches	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Normal	0.67	0.82	0.51	0.23	0.08	0.01	0.13	0.22	0.24	0.35	0.29	0.44

Table. Monthly rain normals, NOAA NCEI station USW00053123. Rain by month guide

Areas inside the radius

Area	ZIPs	Closest named wash, mi	Points with an SFHA within half a mile
Downtown Las Vegas	89101	Vegas Creek 0.41	0 of 2
West Las Vegas	89106	Vegas Creek 0.46	1 of 3
Central West Las Vegas	89102, 89107, 89108	Vegas Creek 1.25	1 of 4
East Las Vegas	89104	Flamingo Wash 0.97	0 of 1
Winchester	89109	Flamingo Wash 1.31	0 of 2
The Strip Corridor	89109, 89169, 89158	Tropicana Wash 0.24	2 of 3
Paradise	89119, 89120, 89121	Tropicana Wash 0.64	2 of 6
Sunrise Manor	89110, 89142	Las Vegas Wash 0.6	0 of 3
North Las Vegas	89030, 89031, 89032, 89081	Las Vegas Wash 0.18	3 of 5
Spring Valley	89103, 89146	Flamingo Wash 0.71	0 of 2

Table. Area summary from the lookup points. SFHA is FEMA's Special Flood Hazard Area, the 1 percent annual chance flood.