Floodplain or "Flood-prone area" means any land area susceptible to being inundated by water from any source (see definition of "Flooding").
Floodplain means any land area susceptible to being inundated by water from any source.
Floodplain or "Floodprone Area" means any land area susceptible to being inundated by water from any source (see definition of "flooding").
Examples of Floodplain in a sentence
All activities within this area may be highly restricted in order to comply with Executive Order 11988 - Floodplain Management and Executive Order 11990 - Protection of Wetlands, in order to preserve and restore or enhance the natural and beneficial values served by floodplains and wetlands.
More Definitions of Floodplain
Floodplain means the areas adjoining a watercourse that have been or hereafter may be covered by a large flood known to have occurred generally in Minnesota and reasonably characteristic of what can be expected to occur on an average frequency in the magnitude of the 100-year recurrence interval.
Floodplain means the lowland and relatively flat areas adjoining inland and coastal waters, including flood- prone areas of offshore islands, that are inundated by the 100-year flood.
Floodplain. (NR 115.03(4)) means the land which has been or may be hereafter covered by flood water during the regional flood. The floodplain includes the floodway and the flood fringe as those terms are defined in ch. NR 116, Wis. Adm. Code.
Floodplain means the area adjacent to a channel, river, stream, or other water body that is susceptible to being inundated by water normally associated with the 100-year flood or storm event. This includes, but is not limited to, the floodplain designated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Floodplain means any land area susceptible to being inundated by water from any source (see definition of flooding).
Floodplain means land area subject to inundation by flood waters from a river, watercourse, or lake. Floodplains are delineated according to their estimated frequency of flooding.