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The Advisory Flood Zones are intended to serve as the best available data for understanding coastal and riverine flood hazard risk and the elevations that communities should build to in order to protect themselves from future flood events. The advisory floodway provides a cartographic delineation of the river channel area based on the effective riverine flood hazard and edited to serve advisory purposes. The Advisory Coastal A Zone is intended to serve as the best available data for understanding coastal flood hazard risk and the elevations that communities should build to in order to protect themselves from future coastal flood events. Areas within the Coastal A Zone are subject to waves equal to or greater than 1.5 ft but less than 3 ft. Post-disaster building inspections and scientific studies have shown that waves equal to and greater than 1.5 ft are sufficient to induce structural damage to many National Flood Insurance Program compliant structures on shallow or solid wall foundations. The FEMA Coastal Construction Manual and American Society of Civil Engineers recommend Zone VE construction practices inside of the Coastal A Zone. The 2018 International Residential Building Code requires higher building standards in Coastal A Zones. As part of the long term recovery effort,the ABFEs, floodways and Coastal A Zone are tools for Federal, State, and local officials, building officials, builders and architects, insurance professionals, and property owners to make informed decisions during rebuilding and to mitigate losses from future flood events, safeguard lives, and protect the private and public investment in rebuilding. |
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The Advisory Flood Zones are intended to serve as the best available data for understanding coastal and riverine flood hazard risk and the elevations that communities should build to in order to protect themselves from future flood events. The advisory floodway provides a cartographic delineation of the river channel area based on the effective riverine flood hazard and edited to serve advisory purposes. The Advisory Coastal A Zone is intended to serve as the best available data for understanding coastal flood hazard risk and the elevations that communities should build to in order to protect themselves from future coastal flood events. Areas within the Coastal A Zone are subject to waves equal to or greater than 1.5 ft but less than 3 ft. Post-disaster building inspections and scientific studies have shown that waves equal to and greater than 1.5 ft are sufficient to induce structural damage to many National Flood Insurance Program compliant structures on shallow or solid wall foundations. The FEMA Coastal Construction Manual and American Society of Civil Engineers recommend Zone VE construction practices inside of the Coastal A Zone. The 2018 International Residential Building Code requires higher building standards in Coastal A Zones. As part of the long term recovery effort,the ABFEs, floodways and Coastal A Zone are tools for Federal, State, and local officials, building officials, builders and architects, insurance professionals, and property owners to make informed decisions during rebuilding and to mitigate losses from future flood events, safeguard lives, and protect the private and public investment in rebuilding. |
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The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has developed the Advisory Flood Zones. They provide full geospatial representation of the coastal and riverine Advisory Base Flood Elevations (1% annual chance coastal flood hazard), including both storm surge and wave components. FEMA is providing an advisory floodway to provide a geospatial limit of the channel of rivers or other watercourse and the adjacent land areas that must be reserved in order to discharge the base flood without cumulatively increasing the water surface elevation more than the designated height. FEMA has developed the Coastal A Zone to approximate the extent of breaking waves less than 3 ft and equal to and greater than 1.5 ft in height for the 1-Percent-Annual-Chance flood events |
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This product is not be used as information to support regulatory floodplain designation or insurance ratings. Use of data is to provide the FEMA with guidance to disseminate to communities rebuilding after Hurricane Maria. The advisory elevations do not include freeboard and/or any additional safety factor to account for potential future increases of the coastal flood hazard due to sea level rise. Advisory mapping information was not adjusted to provide a seamless tie to any existing hazard Flood Insurance Study (FIS) mapping in adjacent areas. |
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