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<br /> <br />500 <br /> <br />APPROXIMATE SCALE <br />o <br />1--1 1--1 <br /> <br />>--< <br /> <br />Figure 12 <br /> <br />Step 3. Oetermine the Specific Location <br />of the Properly <br />To determine the specific property <br />location, you will have to use the map <br />scale. In addition, you may want to refer <br />to a plat map, city tax assessor's map, or <br />properly description such as that usually <br />provided in a deed. <br /> <br />Vou know the property lies on the north <br />side of Water Street, east of the Oak <br />Avenue-Water Street intersection. From <br />the exact dimensions of the property <br />provided on a tax assessor's map or plat <br />map or in a legal description, you can <br />determine the specific location of the <br />properly and building on the FIRM by <br />converling the known dimensions to <br />inches using the map scale and <br />measuring on the FIRM panel. For <br />example, at the map scale shown for <br />Figure 12 (l inch=500 feet), 250 feet on <br />the ground equals 'h inch on the FIRM, <br /> <br />I 10 and 50 feet on the ground equals l. inch <br />on the FIRM. <br /> <br />Vou know the property line nearest Oak <br />Avenue is 375 feet east of the centerline <br />of Oak Avenue. At a map scale of 1 <br />inch=500 feet, 375 feet equals % inch <br />on the FIRM. Vou know that the property <br />is 156 feet wide and 188 feet deep; on <br />the FIRM, those dimensions become <br />approximately r., inch by % inch. Vou <br />can use the same method to determine <br />the location of the building on the <br />property. <br /> <br />500 <br />I <br /> <br />Step 4. Oetermine the Flood Insurance <br />Zone Oesignation for the Property <br />As shown in Figure 12, the property is <br />partially within the dark-finted area (the <br />SFHA) and the building on the property is <br />within the SFHA. <br /> <br />Vou can now determine the flood <br />insurance zone designation for the <br />properly by finding the zone label. As <br />shown in Figure 13, the SFHA in the <br />vicinity of the property is designated as <br />Zone AE. (On other FIRMs, this SFHA may <br />be designated as a numbered A zone, <br />e.g., Al. A5, AI2.) The zone designation <br />applies to both the portion of the <br />property within the SFHA and any <br />building on that portion. <br /> <br />Occasionally, when a property or building <br />is close to the edge of the SFHA, you may <br />find it difficult to determine whether or <br />not the property or building is within the <br />SFHA. The deciding factor in such <br />instances is the elevation of the property <br />or building compared to the BFE (see <br />Step 5). In general, land areas where <br />ground elevations are below the BFE are <br />within the SFHA. When the elevations of <br />the lowest floor of a building and the <br />lowest grade adjacent to the building are <br />