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Certified Floodplain Manager (CFM)Exam
Accrete - ✅✅-to build up a shoreline by depositing sand, either by nature or human
actions
Actual Cash Value - ✅✅-The replacement cost for a building, minus a depreciation
percentage based on age and condition.
Alluvial Fan - ✅✅ -An area at the base of a valley where the slope flattens out,
allowing the floodwater to decrease in speed and spread out, dropping sediment and
rock over a fan-shaped area.
Amendment - ✅✅ -A change to a FEMA floodplain map that removes an area that
was inadvertently included in the Special Flood Hazard Area
Approximate studies - ✅✅ -Flood hazard mapping done using approximate study
methods that show the approximate outline of the base floodplain. An approximate
study does not produce a base flood elevation.
Base Flood Depth - ✅✅ -A measurement of the base flood in feet above ground,
used for shallow flooding
✅✅-the area of water and land inundated by the base flood
Base floodplain -
Basement - ✅✅-Any area of the building having its flood subgrade (below ground
level) on all sides
Basin - ✅✅ -Also known as a Watershed, an area that drains into a lake, stream or
other body of water.
✅✅-The measurement of depths of water in the ocean or lakes
Bathymetry -
Bench marks - ✅✅-Monuments on the ground that show the elevation of the spot
above sea level. Also called Elevation Reference Marks.
Building - ✅✅ -A walled and roofed structure including a gas or liquid storage tank
that is principally above ground as well as a manufactured home. Also known as
structure
, Building Condition Survey - ✅✅ -A windshield survey conducted to obtain a
preliminary evaluation of the extent and severity of damage to buildings after a
disaster
CAP -✅✅-Community Assistance Program
CBRA - ✅✅-The coastal barrier resources Act which identified undeveloped
portions of coastal barriers
Cfs -✅✅ -cubic feet per second, the unit by which discharges are measured (A
cubic foot of water is about 7.5 gallons)
Channel -✅✅-Ground features that carry water through and out of a watershed
CLOMA - ✅✅-Conditional Letter of Map Amendment
CLOMR - ✅✅-Conditional Letter Of Map Revision
Closed Basin Lake - ✅✅-A lake that has either no outlet or relatively small one,
where rainfall or groundwater can cause the lake's level to ride faster than it can
drain
Coastal high hazard area - ✅✅ -the part of the coastal floodplain extending from
offshore to the inland limit of the primary coastal dune along an open coast and any
other area subject to high velocity wave action from storms and seismic sources.
Wave heights during the base flood will generally be three feet or more in height
above the stillwater elevation
Community - ✅✅ -A city, county, township, Indian tribe, or authorized tribal
organization, Alaska Native village or authorized native organization, or other local
government with the statutory authority to adopt and enforce floodplain regulations
and participate in the NFIP
Community Assistance Program - ✅✅-A FEMA program that funds state activities
that help communities in the NFIP
Conditional Letter of Map Amendment (CLOMA) - ✅✅ -A statement from FEMA
that is a project is constructed as planned, a LOMA can be issued later
Conditional Letter of Map Revision (CLOMR) - ✅✅ -A statement from FEMA that is
a project is constructed as planned, a LOMR can be issued later.
Contour - ✅✅-A line of equal elevation on a topographic map
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