Flood fringe definition

Flood fringe means the portion of the floodplain outside the floodway that is usually covered with water from the 100-year flood or storm event. This includes, but is not limited to, the flood or floodway fringe designated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Flood fringe means the area outside the floodway encroachment lines, but still subject to inundation by the regulatory flood.
Flood fringe means the portion of the flood hazard area that is outside of the floodway but still inundated by the base flood (the flood having a one percent chance of being equaled or exceeded in any given year).

Examples of Flood fringe in a sentence

  • Flood fringe: for river, stream and small inland lake systems, means the outer portion of the flood plain between the floodway and the flooding hazard limit.

  • Flood fringe is synonymous with the term "floodway fringe" used in the Flood Insurance Study for Sibley County.

  • Flood fringe is synonymous with the term “floodway fringe” used in the Flood Insurance Study for Hennepin County, Minnesota.

  • Flood fringe is synonymous with the term "floodway fringe" used in the Flood Insurance Study for Ramsey County, Minnesota (All Jurisdictions).

  • The Flood fringe District (FF) is that portion between the regional flood limits and the floodway and displayed as AE Zones on the FIRM.


More Definitions of Flood fringe

Flood fringe means that portion of the floodplain outside of the floodway which is covered by floodwaters during the base flood; it is generally associated with standing water rather than rapidly flowing water.
Flood fringe means the portion of the floodplain outside of the floodway covered by floodwaters during the regulatory flood.
Flood fringe means those lands being part of the floodplain which delineate the area beyond the floodway which includes the remaining lands susceptible to the Regulatory Flood.
Flood fringe means those lands abutting the floodway, the boundaries of which are indicated on the Floodway/Flood Fringe Maps that would be inundated by floodwaters of a magnitude likely to occur once in one hundred years.
Flood fringe means that portion of the floodplain outside of the zero-rise floodway.
Flood fringe means: The portion of the floodplain outside of the floodway.
Flood fringe means that portion of a floodplain outside of the floodway.