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http://www.hillsboroughcounty.org/pgm/hazardmit/floodMap/glossary.cfm
on 11/22/2009
Hillsborough County Flood Map Update
Glossary of Terms
1% Floodplain
1% Rainfall
100-Year Flood Plain
Base Flood Elevation (BFE)
Calibrate
--- Community Rating System (CRS) ---
Contour Line
Cooperating Technical Partnership (CTP)
Datum
Disaster Area
Elevation
Elevation Certificate
Flood
Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM)
Flood Insurance Study (FIS)
Floodplain
Floodplain Administrator (FPA)
Floodplain Management
Floodway
Geographic Information System (GIS)
Global Positioning System (GPS)
Hydraulics
Hydrology
Letter Of Map Amendment (LOMA)
National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP)
Overland Flow (Sheet Flow) Flooding
Parcel, Panel
Preliminary Flood Insurance Rate Map
Ponding
Residences
Riverine Flooding
Runoff
Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA)
Topographic Data
Water Surface Elevation
Watershed
Zones (A , V, X )
Select a term from the drop-down list and left-click on the "Read the definition" button.