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List of Acronyms and Definitions
- BFE - Base flood elevation or the water surface elevation contour line
- DFIRM - Digital Flood Insurance Rate Map
- FEMA - Federal Emergency Management Agency
- FIRM - Flood Insurance Rate Map
- FIS - Flood Insurance Study
- NAVD88- North American Vertical Datum of 1988
- NFIP - National Flood Insurance Program
- NGVD29- National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929
- NONSFHA - Not a Special Flood Hazard Area (NONSFHA includes FIRM Zones D, X and X (shaded))
- LOMA - Letter of Map Amendment
- LOMC - Letter of Map Change
- LOMR - Letter of Map Revision
- LOMR-F - Letter of Map Revision based on fill
- PAL - Provisionally Accredited Levee
- PDFIRM - Preliminary Digital Flood Insurance Rate Map
- SFHA - Special Flood Hazard Area (FIRM Zones A, AE, AH, and AO)
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