Regulatory flood definition
Regulatory flood means the 1:100-year flood, the limits of which define the riverine flooding hazard.
Regulatory flood means a flood which is representative of large floods known to have occurred generally in the area and reasonably characteristic of what can be expected to occur in a particular stream or river. Regulatory flood generally has a frequency of approximately one hundred years, determined from an analysis of floods in a particular stream and other streams in the same general region.
Regulatory flood means the one-hundred- (100-) year flood. The water surface elevation of the regulatory flood is the water surface elevation delineated on the flood insurance rate map.
More Definitions of Regulatory flood
Regulatory flood means the flood determined by TRCA as delimiting the flood plain, or in other words, the flood whose elevation is the flooding hazard limit.
Regulatory flood means ‘a flood having a one percent (1%) probability of being equaled or exceeded in a year as calculated by a method and procedure that is approved by the Natural Resources Commission. The regulatory flood is equivalent to the base flood or the 100-year fre- quency flood.’‘Floodway’ means ‘the channel of a river or stream and those portions of the flood plains adjoining the channel which are reason- ably required to efficiently carry and discharge the peak flow of the regulatory flood of any river or stream.’” Ind. Dep’t of Envtl. Mgmt., Office of Water Quality. Waterway Permitting Handbook (2002), available at http://www.in.gov/wetlands/publications/cleanwater.pdf (last visited July 5, 2007).
Regulatory flood means the flood having a one percent (1%) chance of being equaled or exceeded in any given year, as calculated by a method and procedure that is acceptable to and approved by the Indiana Department of Natural Resources and Federal Emergency Management Agency. The “Regulatory Flood” is also known by the term “Base Flood”, “One-Percent Annual Chance Flood”, and “100-Year Flood”.
Regulatory flood means the flood having a one percent chance of being equaled or exceeded in any given year (100 year flood) as determined from an analysis of floods on a particular stream and other streams in the same general region. The upstream watershed shall be assumed to be fully urbanized in accordance with the current land use plan adopted by the city. For the portions of the upstream watershed outside the city, reasonable assumptions relating to urbanization, shall be made by the Floodplain Administrator.
Regulatory flood means the flood used to define the outer boundary lines of the floodplain district. The maximum flood predicted to occur within each 100 years.
Regulatory flood means the flood having a one percent (1%) chance of being equaled or exceeded in any given year, as calculated by a method and procedure
Regulatory flood means a level of flooding that a regulatory agency’s design regulations apply to.