The elevation shown on the Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) for Zones AE, AH, A1-A30, AR, AR/A, AR/AE, AR/A1-A30, AR/AH, AR/AO, V1-V30, and VE that indicates the water surface elevation resulting from a flood that has a one percent chance of equaling or exceeding that level in any given year.
BFE) - Elevation of the base flood in relation to a specified datum, such as the National Geodetic Vertical Datum or the North American Vertical Datum. The Base Flood Elevation is the basis of the insurance and floodplain management requirements of the National Flood Insurance Program.
This is the elevation above the average sea level that waters from a 1% flood will reach at a given point along a creek or bayou. These elevations are determined using hydrology and hydraulic computer models and then these elevations are mapped on the topographic data for the county to produce the 1% floodplain. Back
Pertains to Zones AE, AH, A1-A30, AR, AR/A, AR/AE, AR/A1-A30, AR/AH, AR/AO, V1-V30, and VE only. The water level that would result from the Base Flood, usually expressed as a number of feet above sea level. There is a one percent chance that flooding would reach that level in a given year.
The elevation associated with the flood having a one-percent annual chance of being equalled or exceeded in any given year. It is shown on the Flood Insurance Rate Map.
It is the ground elevation that establishes the boundary of a Special Flood Hazard Area. Any structure with a ground level at or above this elevation would not be in a Special Flood Hazard Area.
See Design flood elevation.
A base flood elevation (BFE) is the height of the base flood, usually in feet, in relation to the National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929, the North American Vertical Datum of 1988, or other datum referenced in the Flood Insurance Study report, or the depth of the base flood, usually in feet, above the ground surface.
The water surface elevation corresponding to a flood having a one percent probability of being equaled or exceeded in a given year.
Elevation of the base flood in relation to a specified datum, such as the National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929. The Base Flood Elevation is used as the standard for the National Flood Insurance Program.
A reference point, determined .in accordance with the International Building Code, based on the depth or peak elevation of flooding, including wave height, which has a 1 percent (1 OO-year flood) or greater chance of occurring in any given year.
