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To determine flood hazard areas in the Lake Tahoe Basin. |
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To determine flood hazard areas in the Lake Tahoe Basin. |
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<DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P STYLE="margin:0 0 7 0;"><SPAN>Identifies areas located within the 100 year flood zone. UPDATED 8/11/2021. Data was gathered from FEMA and can be found here: </SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 7 0;"><A href="https://hazards-fema.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=8b0adb51996444d4879338b5529aa9cd"><SPAN><SPAN>https://hazards-fema.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=8b0adb51996444d4879338b5529aa9cd</SPAN></SPAN></A></P><P><SPAN STYLE="font-weight:bold;">Flood Zones:</SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN STYLE="font-weight:bold;"><SPAN>A: </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN>Areas with a 1% annual chance of flooding and a 26% chance of flooding over the life of a 30‐year mortgage. Because detailed analyses are not performed for such areas; no depths or base flood elevations are shown within these zones.</SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN STYLE="font-weight:bold;"><SPAN>AE: </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN>The base floodplain where base flood elevations are provided. AE Zones are now used on new format FIRMs instead of A1‐A30 Zones.</SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN STYLE="font-weight:bold;"><SPAN>AH: </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN>Areas with a 1% annual chance of shallow flooding, usually in the form of a pond, with an average depth ranging from 1 to 3 feet. These areas have a 26% chance of flooding over the life of a 30‐year mortgage. Base flood elevations derived from detailed analyses are shown at selected intervals within these zones.</SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN STYLE="font-weight:bold;"><SPAN>AO: </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN>River or stream flood hazard areas, and areas with a 1% or greater chance of shallow flooding each year, usually in the form of sheet flow, with an average depth ranging from 1 to 3 feet. These areas have a 26% chance of flooding over the life of a 30‐year mortgage. Average flood depths derived from detailed analyses are shown within these zones.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN /></P></DIV></DIV></DIV> |
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<DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P STYLE="margin:0 64 11 0;"><SPAN STYLE="font-style:italic;"><SPAN>No warranty expressed or implied is made by the TRPA regarding the utility of the data, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty. Much of the TRPA GIS data is parcel based and therefore attribute data for such features are constantly changing. We recognize these errors and make an effort to correct them as they are discovered. Tahoe Regional Planning Agency does not warrant in any way that data will meet the user's requirements, will be complete, uninterrupted or error free, or that any defects will be corrected.</SPAN></SPAN></P><P><SPAN /></P></DIV></DIV></DIV> |
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FEMA Flood Zone |
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["Flood Zone","FEMA","100 Year Flood","Flood Hazard","Tahoe Basin","Tahoe Regional Planning Agency","boundaries","environment"] |
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