Handbook for Federal Insurance Administration: Flood-insurance studies
Open-File Report
73-142
By: E.J. Kennedy
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Abstract
A flood insurance study, made for the Federal Insurance Administration (FIA) of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is an analysis of flood inundation frequency for all flood plains within the corporate limits of the community being studied. The study is an application of surveying, hydrology, and hydraulics to determine flood insurance premium rates. Much of the surveying needed can be done by private firms, either by ground methods or photogrammetry. Contracts are needed to let large surveys but purchase orders can be used for small ones. Photogrammetric stereo models, digital regression models, and step-backwater models are needed for most studies. Damage survey data are not involved.
Table of Contents
| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Handbook for Federal Insurance Administration: Flood-insurance studies |
| Series title | Open-File Report |
| Series number | 73-142 |
| DOI | 10.3133/ofr73142 |
| Year Published | 1973 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Description | 54 p. |
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