Flood Profile and FIRM Common Elements: On Flood Profile

There are three common elements between the FIS Flood Profile and the Flood Insurance Rate Map. They are:

  1. centerline of stream (stream bed)
  2. road crossings
  3. cross section locations

Flood Profiles with arrows pointing to 1 – centerline of streambed, 2 – road crossings, and 3 - cross section locations
Here are the common elements shown on the Flood Profile. The next slide shows these same elements on the FIRM.