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<br />Guide For Approximate Zone A Areas <br /> <br />NFIP Background <br /> <br />issued to the community in the form of a Flood Insurance Rate <br />Map (FIRM), such as the one shown in Figure 2, "Flood <br />Insurance Rate Map," and, in most cases, a Flood Boundary and <br />Floodway Map and a Flood Insurance study report. Once more <br />detailed risk data were provided, the community could enter <br />the Regular Program whereby more comprehensive floodplain <br />management requirements were imposed and higher amounts of <br />insurance could be purchased by owners of structures. <br /> <br />~ <br />~ <br />l <br /> <br />I <br /> <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />ZONE A I <br />UMIT OF I <br />DETAILED STUDY <br />, <br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I <br />I <br />-~ <br />LIMITS <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />~ <br />~ <br />I <br />I <br />l <br />I <br />l <br />I <br /> <br />ZONE A <br /> <br />Figure 2 - Flood Insurance Rate Map <br /> <br />--~ <br /> <br />~- <br />-.......... <br />I === <br />-- <br />-"""""" <br />fJZ2I_~_ <br />&lIII=-!imIm <br />c:::JWI""..._ <br />-.....,.....-. <br />~ tol3-... <br />=.:...z.==...e- <br />E3 iiDi <br />~-- <br />.....-. --.. <br />.... ..~. <br />:.... .=-- <br />I:~:... <br />,~ <br />1..--..- <br />lilIliil.'P--- <br />l_.~..... <br />--""""" <br />__'!I5A'1'IWJIl!I <br />=:=:=;-" <br /> <br />-......- <br /> <br />........-- <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />--....-- <br /> <br />FIRM <br />Ra_MII!_ <br />i:'=- <br /> <br />_WI <br />... <br /> <br />As early as 1976, FEMA recognized that some communities did <br />not require a detailed Flood Insurance study because there <br />were few existing buildings in the floodplain and minimal <br />development pressure. Shortly thereafter, FEMA began <br />utilizing a special conversion process whereby communities <br /> <br />II-3 <br />