FEMA Flood Ways
Modified on 2020/01/14 20:23 by Adam — Categorized as: Uncategorized
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/floodway
FEMA Flood Ways in Surety
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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.
See Also:
FEMA Flood Ways and FEMA Flood Zones (FEMA 100 year Flood Plain Maps Online)
FEMA Info
FEMA Flood Zones