Flood hazard area definition

Flood hazard area means any area subject to inundation by the base flood or risk from channel migration including, but not limited to, an aquatic area, wetland, or closed depression.
Flood hazard area. An area designated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency and/or the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development as having special flood hazards.
Flood hazard area means any area subject to inundation by the base flood or

Examples of Flood hazard area in a sentence

  • The generator(s) shall be protected against a 500-year flood event by implementing specific activities or by locating the generator(s) outside the Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA) and shall be protected against wind with a rated enclosure based on its location requirements.


More Definitions of Flood hazard area

Flood hazard area means the greater of either: the special flood hazard area shown on the flood insurance rate map; or the area subject to flooding during the design flood and shown on an authority having jurisdiction's flood hazard map, or otherwise legally designated.
Flood hazard area means any area which has been identified as subject to flooding.
Flood hazard area means an area containing or directly affected by a flood.
Flood hazard area means any area composed of floodplain land.
Flood hazard area means lands listed in the floodplain which is an area adjacent to a lake, stream or other body of water lying outside the ordinary bank of the water body and periodically inundated by flood flow subject to one percent or greater expectancy of flooding in any given year.
Flood hazard area means a designated zone on the FEMA flood insurance rate map (FIRM); this does not mean that actual flooding has or will occur. These areas consist of the following components:
Flood hazard area means an area which would be inundated in a