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• The flood having a 1% chance of being equaled or exceeded in any given year.

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  Base Flood. (n.d.). National Flood Insurance Glossary. Retrieved February 4, 2023, from website: http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/base-flood.

  Chicago Manual of Style (CMS)

  Base Flood. National Flood Insurance Glossary. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/base-flood (accessed: February 4, 2023).

  Modern Language Association (MLA)

  "Base Flood." National Flood Insurance Glossary. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). 4 February. 2023 http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/base-flood.

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• The elevation shown on the Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) for Zones AE, AH, A1-A30, AR, AR/A, AR/AE, AR/A1-A30, AR/AH, AR/AO, V1-V30, and VE that indicates the water surface elevation resulting from a flood that has a 1% chance of equaling or exceeding that level in any given year.

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  American Psychological Association (APA)

  Base Flood Elevation (BFE). (n.d.). National Flood Insurance Glossary. Retrieved February 4, 2023, from website: http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/base-flood-elevation-bfe.

  Chicago Manual of Style (CMS)

  Base Flood Elevation (BFE). National Flood Insurance Glossary. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/base-flood-elevation-bfe (accessed: February 4, 2023).

  Modern Language Association (MLA)

  "Base Flood Elevation (BFE)." National Flood Insurance Glossary. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). 4 February. 2023 http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/base-flood-elevation-bfe.

• Browse Related Terms: Base Flood, Base Flood Elevation (BFE), Basement, Breakaway wall, Elevated Building, Enclosure, Flood, Floodplain, Lowest Floor, Non-Special Flood Hazard Area (NSFHA)

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• Any area of the building, including any sunken room or sunken portion of a room, having its floor below ground level (subgrade) on all sides.

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  American Psychological Association (APA)

  Basement. (n.d.). National Flood Insurance Glossary. Retrieved February 4, 2023, from website: http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/basement.

  Chicago Manual of Style (CMS)

  Basement. National Flood Insurance Glossary. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/basement (accessed: February 4, 2023).

  Modern Language Association (MLA)

  "Basement." National Flood Insurance Glossary. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). 4 February. 2023 http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/basement.

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• A wall that is not part of the structural support of the building and is intended through its design and construction to collapse under specific lateral loading forces, without causing damage to the elevated portion of the building or supporting foundation system.

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  American Psychological Association (APA)

  Breakaway wall. (n.d.). National Flood Insurance Glossary. Retrieved February 4, 2023, from website: http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/breakaway-wall.

  Chicago Manual of Style (CMS)

  Breakaway wall. National Flood Insurance Glossary. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/breakaway-wall (accessed: February 4, 2023).

  Modern Language Association (MLA)

  "Breakaway wall." National Flood Insurance Glossary. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). 4 February. 2023 http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/breakaway-wall.

• Browse Related Terms: Base Flood, Base Flood Elevation (BFE), Basement, Breakaway wall, Elevated Building, Enclosure, Flood, Floodplain, Lowest Floor, Non-Special Flood Hazard Area (NSFHA)