(25) FLOOD HAZARD SOILS (Flood Hazard Soils). The term defining soils described in the Soil Survey, Wake County, North Carolina, as being subject to flooding, and identified in engineering interpretations therein as having severe limitations for home sites and certain other uses because of flooding, and recommended for inclusion among flood hazard areas by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service.
(26) FLOOD INSURANCE (Flood Damage Prevention). The insurance coverage provided under the National Flood Insurance Program.
(27) FLOOD INSURANCE RATE MAP (FIRM) (Flood Damage Prevention). The term defining an official map of a community, issued by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, on which the Special Flood Hazard Areas, the Future Conditions Flood Hazard Areas, and the risk premium zones applicable to the community are delineated. (28) FLOOD INSURANCE STUDY (Flood Damage Prevention). The term defining an examination, evaluation, and determination of flood hazards, corresponding water surface elevations (if appropriate), flood hazard risk zones, and other flood data in a community issued by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The flood insurance study report includes Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) and Flood Boundary and Floodway Maps (FBFMs), if published. (29) FLOOD LAMP . The term defining a form of lighting designed to direct its output in a specific direction with a reflector formed from the glass envelope of the lamp itself. Such lamps are so designated by the manufacturers and are typically used in residential outdoor area lighting. (30) FLOOD LIGHT . The term defining a form of lighting designed to direct its output in a diffuse, more or less specific direction, with reflecting or refracting elements located external to the lamp.
(31) FLOODPLAIN ADMINISTRATOR (Flood Damage Prevention). The term for the individual appointed to administer and enforce the floodplain management regulations.
(32) FLOOD PRONE AREA (Flood Damage Prevention). See FLOODPLAIN.
(33) FLOOD STUDY. The term defining a study of the potential changes in the base flood elevation caused by the obstruction, encroachment, alteration or relocation of: (1) a FEMA mapped floodway; (2) a non-encroachment area; (3) a FEMA mapped area of special flood hazard that has not previously been studied in detail; (4) flood hazard soils areas with a total drainage area of more than 5 acres but no more than 25 acres; (5) flood
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