A Flood Way or "Regulatory Floodway" is the channel of a river or other waterway as well as the surrounding land that must be set aside so that it can handle a certain amount of flooding without raising the the water surface level more than a designated height.
To get the full definition please visit the FEMA website here:
http://www.fema.gov/national-flood-insurance-program-2/floodwayFEMA Flood Ways in Surety®
You are able to view the Flood Way areas by enabling the FEMA Flood Zones layer.
When the FEMA Flood Zones Layer is active, Flood Ways will appear as a red hatching overlay as seen here.
When the FEMA layers are active, they will appear on a
FSA Map when generated.
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