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<br />ROOJt1-h."lllATlrx-<s <br />The followif\g recaTI1leIldations are include:! for consideration in reducing <br />potencial flood dama.ges. <br /> <br />GLOSSARY OF TI<:R.'B <br /> <br />5;~el-Anaturalorartificial~.<at...rcourseof perceptible extent with <br />definite banks to confine and conduct continuously or periodically <br />flowing water. Channel n"" is that water ,bich is flowing within <br />the limits of the defined channel. <br />Flood - Wat...r fran a river. stream, water course, lake Ol." other body of <br />standing watel.", that tenporarlly ovedlows the boundaries within <br />vtlich it is ordinal."ily confined. <br />Flood Cl."est - The maximum stage or elevtion reached by the watel."S of a <br />flood at a given location. <br />Flood Fl."equmcy - A means of expl."e.slJing the pmbabiUty of flood <br />occun"ences as determined fran statistical analysis of representative <br />streamflow or rainfall and runoff records, The frequency of a <br />particular stage or discharge is usually expressed as occurri1l\ once <br />in a specified ll.UWer of years. lhelO-,50-,IQO-alXl500-year <br />fra:I'Jency floods have an average frequency of occurrence in the order <br />ofOIlC<i! in therurrberoiyeal."s <<8indicat.,.J. <br />lO-Yeal." Flood - A flood havi1l\ an averagl': frequency of occurrence of one", <br />in 10 yt'ilrs. It has a 10 percent chance of being equaled or <br />exce~il1anygivenyear. <br />lOO-Year Flood - A flood having an average frequency of ocwrrKIC", of CllCe <br />in 100 y","r>>. It hds .. I pt>n:eni d'all"", uf bo.i'll equal(.>d or <br />exceeded in any given year. <br />Flood Hazard Areas - Area>> susc'l'tibw to flood damage. <br />.Flood J'eak - The hlghest stage or diRchlll:'ge Rttained during a flood <br />(>Vt.'T1t; alsoreferroo 00 as pe<i<. stage or peak discharge. <br /> <br />1. <br /> <br />I..oc<J.I mits of goverrunent should impleraent a flood plain management <br />or flood hazard mitigation plan. <br />Existing restrictions that contribute to overbank flooding sl-nuld be <br />corrected ..nere possible and v.hen possible. <br />Detailed studies of specific structural alternative measures SUdl as <br />floodways, dikes, or floodwater retarding structures should be <br />ccrulidered. <br />Owners and occupants of b.lildings and other property within or <br />adjacent to the delineated flood bomdaty sOOuld consido.r flood <br />insurance. <br />Public information and education programs 00. Hood hazards sl-nuld 00 <br />made available to the public. <br />Native habitat along the main channels sl-nuld be ma.intained to <br />preserve channel stability and provide wildlifl': habitat. <br /> <br />2. <br /> <br />J, <br /> <br />4. <br /> <br />5. <br /> <br />6. <br /> <br />:0 <br /> <br />24 <br />