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Certified FloodplainManager Exam
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Base Flood - answer The 1% chance/year flood. The base or min.
flood elevation standard that communities must adopt in their local
programs.
Floodplain - answer Floodway + floodway fringe; area subject to
1% chance flood
floodway - answer Channel of river and the adjacent area that must
be reserved open space; an engineering construct; provides for
discharge of base flood
flood fringe - answer the fringe or backwater areas of a flood that
store nearly still water during a flood and gradually release it
downstream after the flood; development may be allowed here
44 CFR - answer Parts 59, 60, 65, and 70 relate to the NFIP.
"Emergency Management & Assistance" Title 44 of the Code of
Federal Regulations.
alluvial fan (flooding) - answer A fan-shaped deposit of sediment
formed when a stream's slope is abruptly reduced (hence flow path
of stream becomes unpredictable, resulting in flooding
, **characterized by:** 1) high velocity flows; 2) active erosion and
sedimentation; 3) unpredictable flow paths
FIS - answer Flood Insurance Study
FHBM - answer Flood Hazard Boundary Map. An official map of a
community published by FEMA that delineates the approximate
boundary of the floodplain. An FHBM is generally the initial map
provided the community and is eventually superceded by a FIRM
FBFM - answer Flood Boundary Floodway Map. An official map of a
community, on which FEMA has delineated the regulatory floodway.
Recent FISs show the floodway on the FIRM and do not include an
FBFM.
Levees - answer An embankment designed to manage a certain
amount of floodwater and can be overtopped or fail during flood
events exceeding the level for which they were designed; typically
built parallel to a waterway to reduce the risk of flooding on the
landward side.
Special Flood Hazards - answer Closed basin lakes, uncertain flow
paths, dam breaks, ice jams, and mudflows are the most common
types found in the US.
Closed basin lakes - answer Two types: no outlets like Great Salt
Lake, or irregular outlets like the Great Lakes; either way == large
fluctuations in water surface elevation & low drainage rates. Septic
fields are unusable. Waves may be experienced. A type of special
flood hazard.
Uncertain flow paths - answer Ex: *alluvial fan* = a fan-shaped
area at the base of a valley where the slope of a mountain flattens
out, the high-velocity floodwater decreases in speed and spreads
out like in a **sheet flow** dropping sediment and rock. May have
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