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Zone A: Special Flood Hazard Areas inundated by the 100-year flood, determined by approximate methods, no base flood elevations or Flood Hazard Factors determined. Zones AS, A6, A7, A8, A9, AID, All, AlS: Special Flood Hazard Areas inundated by the 100-year flood, determined by detailed methods; base flood elevations shown, and zones subdivided according to Flood Hazard Factors. Zone B: Areas between the Special Flood Hazard Areas (Zones A, AS, A6, A7, A8, A9, AID, All, and AlS) and the limits of the SOD-year flood, including areas of the SOO-year flood plain that are protected from the 100-year flood by dike, levee, or other water control structure; and areas sub- ject to certain types of 100-year shallow flooding where depths are less than 1.0 foot. Zone B is not subdivided. Zone C: Areas not subject to flooding by the SOO-year flood, including areas that are protected from SOD-year floods by dike, levee, or other water control structure; not subdivided. Table 2, "Flood Insurance Zone Data," summarizes the flood elevation differences, Flood Hazard Factors, flood insurance zones, and base flood elevations for each flooding source studied in detail in Las Animas County. 5.4 Flood Insurance Rate Map Description The Flood Insurance Rate Map for the unincorporated areas of Las Animas County is, for insurance purposes, the principal result of the Flood Insurance Study. This map (published separately) contains the official delineation of flood insurance zones and base flood elevation lines. Base flood elevation lines show the locations of the expected whole-foot water-surface elevations of the base (lOO-year) flood. This map is developed in accordance with the latest flood 30