FLOOD00938

• County: Statewide
• Title: Guide to Flood Insurance Rate Maps
• Date: 5/1/1988
• Prepared By: FEMA
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Historic FEMA Regulatory Floodplain Information

6. list of Communities (Countywide
FIRMs Only)
Identifies the communities for which
flooding information appears on the
panel. The appropriate NFIP
identification number, panel number,
and letter suffix are shown for each
community in the list.

7. Corporate limit or County Boundary
Line
Identifies the jurisdictional limits (within
which the mapped community has
regulatory authority over development) of
the portion of the community that
appears on the panel. (Portions of more
than one mapped community may appear
on a countywide FIRM panel.)

In some states, an incorporated
community may exercise extraterritorial
jurisdiction (ETJ) over land use in areas
beyond its corporate limits. Where
appropriate, En limits are shown and
labeled on FIRM panels.

8. North Arrow
Orients the map and helps map users
determine property locations,

9. Map Scale
Allows the map user to relate distances
measured on the map to actual distances
on the ground and thereby determine the
locations of individual properties.

The scales most commonly used for
FIRMs are )"=500', 1"=1000', and
)"=2000'. The scale at which an
indiVidual FIRM panel is prepared
depends on the type and amount of
flooding expected to occur in the portion
of the community covered by that panel.
Because flooding and development
conditions can vary within a community,
a single FIRM may include panels
prepared at different scales, Therefore,

the scale shown on a panel applies only
to that panel and not to the FIRM as a
whole,

10. Effective or Revised Date
The effective date of the FIRM, On Flat
FIRM panels, the date appears below the
words "Effective Oate" or "Revised:' On
Hold FIRM panels, the date appears
below the words "Effective Date:" or
"Map Revised:".

When revisions are made to a Flat FIRM,
the entire FIRM is reprinted, regardless
of the number of panels it comprises or
the extent of the revision. A revision to
one panel necessitates reprinting the ent,
ire FIRM, Therefore, "Revised" on a Flat
FIRM panel means that the FIRM has
been revised and reprinted at least once,

When revisions are made to a Hold
FIRM, only those panels affected by the
revision are reprinted. Therefore, "Map
Revised" appears only on those panels
that have been revised and reprinted.
When one or more panels of a Hold
FIRM are revised, the FIRM Index is
revised to show the new suffix for each
of those panels (see "Key Elements of
the FIRM Index:' Item Pl.

Refer to the FIRM revisions chronology in
the panel legend for a list of any revis,
ions made to the FIRM (see Item 25),

11. Zone Label
Identifies the flood insurance zone
designation for a specific area of the
mapped community.

IZ. Flood Hazard Area Designation
Dark and light tints that identify areas of
greater and lesser flood hazard,
respectively. On Flat FIRMs and older Z,
Fold FIRMs, the dark,tinted areas are
designated as Zone A, AO, AH, A),A30,
A99, V, or V),V30; light,tinted areas are