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<br />~ <br />) <br />e 5. <br />6. <br /> 7. <br /> 8. <br /> 9. <br /> <br />"Elevated Residential Structures," FEMA, May 1986, FEMA-54. <br /> <br />"Elevating Flood-Prone Buildings: A Contractor's Guide," Illinois Department of Transpor- <br />tation, Division of Water Resources, 1985. <br /> <br />"Flood Proofmg Regnlations," ,U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, March 1992, EP 1165-2-314. <br />"Flood Proofing Systems and Techniques," U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, December 1984. <br />"Foundation Analysis and Design," Second Edition, Joseph E.Bowles, McGraw-Hill Book <br />Co., New York. <br /> <br />Glossary <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />Base flood - The flood that has a I-percent probability of being equaled or exceeded in any <br />given year (also referred to as the 1oo-year flood). <br /> <br />Base Flood Elevation (BFE) - The height of the base flood, usually in feet, in relation to the <br />National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 or other datum as specified. <br /> <br />Basement - Any area of a building having its floor subgrade (below ground level) on all sides. <br /> <br />Coastal High Hazard Area - An area of special flood hazard extending from offshore to the <br />inland limit of a primary frontal dune along an open coast and any other area subject to high- <br />velocity wave action from storms or seismic sources. <br /> <br />Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) - The independent federal agency that, in <br />addition to carrying out other activities, oversees the administration of the National Flood insur- <br />ance Program. <br /> <br />Federal Insurance Administration (FIA) - The component of FEMA directly responsible for <br />administering the National Flood Insurance Program. <br /> <br />Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) - The insurance and floodplain management map issued <br />by FEMA that identifies, on the basis of detailed or approximate analyses, areas of 100-year <br />flood hazard in a community. <br /> <br />Floodprone area - Any land area susceptible to being inundated by floodwater from any <br />source. <br /> <br />Lowest floor - The lowest floor of the lowest enclosed area of a building, including a base- <br />ment. Any NFlP-compliant unfinished or flood-resistant enclosure useable solely for parking of <br />vehicles, building access, or storage (in an area other than a basement) is nm considered a <br />building's lowest floor. <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />11 <br />