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• County: Chaffee
• Community: Salida
• Title: FIS - Salida
• Date: 9/30/1982
• Prepared For: Salida
• Prepared By: FEMA
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Current FEMA Regulatory Floodplain Information

nearest one-half foot, and shown as a three-digit code. For example,
if the di fference between. water-surface el evations of the 10- and
lOO-year floods is 0.7 foott the FHF is 005; if the difference is 1.4
feet, the FHF is 015; if the difference is 5.0 feet, the FHF is 050.
When the difference between the 10- and lOO-year water-surface
elevations is greater than 10.0 feet, accuracy for the FHF ;s to the
nearest foot.

5.3 Flood Insurance Zones

After the determination of reaches and their respective Flood Hazard
Factors, the entire incorporated area of the City of Salida was
divided into zones, each having a spe~ific flood potential or hazard.
Each zone was assigned one of the following flood insurance zone
designations:

Zone A:

Special Flood Hazard Areas inundated by
the lOO-year flood, determined by
approximate methods; no base flood
elevations shown or Flood Hazard Factors
determined.

Zone AI:

Special Flood Hazard Areas inundated by
the IOO-year flood, determined by
detailed methods; base flood elevations
shown, and zones subdi vi ded accord; n9 to
Flood Hazard Factors.

Zone B:

Areas between the Special Flood Hazard
Areas and the limits of the 50D-year
flood, incl uding areas of the 50D-year
flood plain that are protected frOOl the
IOO-year fl ood by dike, 1 evee, or other
water control structure; al so areas
subject to certain types of IOO-year
shallow flooding where depths are less
than 1.0 foot; and areas subject to
lOO-year fl oodi n9 from sources wi th
drainage areas less than 1 square mile.
Zone B is not subdivided.

Zone C:

Areas of minimal flooding.

The flood elevation differences, Flood Hazard Factors, flood insur-
ance zones, and base flood elevations for each flooding source
studied in detail in the community are summarized in Table 3.

5.4 Flood Insurance Rate Map Description

The Flood Insurance Rate Map for the City of Salida is, for insurance
purposes, the principal result of the Flood Insurance Study. This
map (publ i shed separately) contains the official del ineation of f1 ood

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