Advisory Base Flood Elevation (ABFE) definition
Advisory Base Flood Elevation (ABFE) means those elevations promulgated by the Federal Office of Emergency Management on December 12, 2012 which more accurately reflect the true 1% annual change flood hazard elevations as a result of a large storm event.
Advisory Base Flood Elevation (ABFE) means the elevation shown on a community's Advisory Flood Hazard Map that indicates the advisory stillwater elevation plus wave effect (ABFE = SWEL + wave effect) resulting from a flood that has a 1-percent or greater chance of being equaled or exceeded in any given year.
Examples of Advisory Base Flood Elevation (ABFE) in a sentence
The HAP program as currently approved by HUD requires owners of all properties, whether non-historic or historic, to elevate buildings to the Advisory Base Flood Elevation (ABFE) level in each jurisdiction, or subsequent standards adopted by MDA in its implementation of this program.