Flood prone definition

Flood prone means areas likely to be flooded by virtue of their location adjoining a river, stream or other water course or water body to the extent where the level of hazard exceeds acceptable designated floodplain, flood way and approximate method floodplain, torrential flood hazard area identified by the Department of Geology and Mineral Industries, and other areas both within or outside of FEMA mapped areas which are either known to be flood prone or where flood hazard conditions may be more extreme than indicated by FEMA and development would jeopardize life or property.
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Flood prone means any land area susceptible to flooding not shown on FIRMs but designated as flood-prone by the Director, using best available information.
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Flood prone means areas likely to be flooded by virtue of their location adjoining a river, stream or other water course or water body to the extent where the level of hazard exceeds acceptable designated floodplain, flood way and approximate method floodplain, torrential flood hazard area identified by the Department of Geology and Mineral Industries, and other areas both
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Examples of Flood prone in a sentence

  • Application has been made for a Flood prone Area Permit from Alachua County, Florida.

  • Flood prone area–any land area susceptible to being inundated by floodwater from any source.


More Definitions of Flood prone

Flood prone means a land area for which a floodway and floodplain has not been determined with respect to any specific flood frequency, but for which the potential for flooding can be identified by information observable in the field, such as soils or geological evidence, or by materials such as flood studies, topographic surveys, photographic evidence or other data.
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Flood prone means areas likely to be flooded by virtue of their location adjoining a river, stream or other water course or water body to the extent where the level of hazard exceeds
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Flood prone means areas subject to flooding which have not been designated by the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Colorado Water Conservation Board or FEMA.
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Related to Flood prone

  • Flood Program means the National Flood Insurance Program created by the U.S. Congress pursuant to the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, the National Flood Insurance Reform Act of 1994 and the Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2004, in each case as amended from time to time, and any successor statutes.

  • Tidal Flood Hazard Area means a flood hazard area in which the flood elevation resulting from the two-, 10-, or 100-year storm, as applicable, is governed by tidal flooding from the Atlantic Ocean. Flooding in a tidal flood hazard area may be contributed to, or influenced by, stormwater runoff from inland areas, but the depth of flooding generated by the tidal rise and fall of the Atlantic Ocean is greater than flooding from any fluvial sources. In some situations, depending upon the extent of the storm surge from a particular storm event, a flood hazard area may be tidal in the 100-year storm, but fluvial in more frequent storm events.

  • Flood Hazard Boundary Map (FHBM) means an official map of a community, issued by the FEMA, where the boundaries of the Special Flood Hazard Areas have been defined as Zone A.

  • Flood proofing means any combination of structural and non-structural additions, changes, or adjustments to structures which reduce or eliminate flood damage to real estate or improved real property, water and sanitary facilities, structures and their contents.

  • Flood plain means land that: