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piepiepiepiepiepieipeieppiepiepiepiepiepie — Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.159.227.139 ( talk) 12:30, 9 May 2016 (UTC)
—Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.68.140.100 ( talk) 00:57, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
The current images do not illustrate what a floodplain is. The first, from Alaska, shows a wide braided river. The part of the land between the threads of water is part of the river not the floodplain. The second, from South Carolina, illustrates a recent high water mark. It's very good for a page on flooding not floodplains. Daniel Collins 00:13, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
Please look at my sandbox draft of a reconstructed version of this article at User:Cuppysfriend/sandbox. I've rearranged the text, added different, more descriptive pictures and a reference. It's still too focused on the U.S., but it might make a good foundation to build on. Most of the current changes are in the subsections of "Formation" and "Physical geography." Expansion of the description of the U.S. flood insurance program as a means of restricting floodplain development would be good. -- Cuppysfriend 00:50, 21 November 2006 (UTC)
Deltas are aggradational but they're not described as floodplains as far as I know. Daniel Collins 00:29, 22 November 2006 (UTC)
Well, I thought you were doing a great job - I just jumped in with the "official" definition after Daniel's observations. I might be able to add a bit after the next few days, but the article looks good to me... Go Hoosiers! -- Geologyguy 02:18, 23 November 2006 (UTC)
I've edited the section on US floodplain regulation a bit.
I tried to clarify what the floodplain/floodway/SFHA are, but tried to keep it fairly simple and generic, and not bog down into the minutia of doing a flood study, defining a floodway, etc.
I've also edited the requirements for elevating structures within floodplains. Where elevations have been determined by detailed study or estimation, the minimum federal requirement is only to elevate to the 100-year flood. The two-foot requirement is for certain unstudied areas, and is two feet above the surrounding grade, not flood elevation.
I hope that I've gotten the citation of the regs in a correct, or at least acceptable format. I know there's a very terse format, but I thought slightly more verbose would actually be more useful. I can also re-find the NFIP glossary page that I used to pop out the actual language/citations. -- Lonotter 20:49, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
"As of October 9, 2012, the e-CFR resides at a new URL. Please reset your bookmarks, favorites, links and desktop shortcuts to: www.ecfr.gov."
I could not locate the correct links.
L Kirk — Preceding unsigned comment added by Captkirksc ( talk • contribs) 16:45, 23 July 2013 (UTC)
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piepiepiepiepiepieipeieppiepiepiepiepiepie — Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.159.227.139 ( talk) 12:30, 9 May 2016 (UTC)
—Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.68.140.100 ( talk) 00:57, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
The current images do not illustrate what a floodplain is. The first, from Alaska, shows a wide braided river. The part of the land between the threads of water is part of the river not the floodplain. The second, from South Carolina, illustrates a recent high water mark. It's very good for a page on flooding not floodplains. Daniel Collins 00:13, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
Please look at my sandbox draft of a reconstructed version of this article at User:Cuppysfriend/sandbox. I've rearranged the text, added different, more descriptive pictures and a reference. It's still too focused on the U.S., but it might make a good foundation to build on. Most of the current changes are in the subsections of "Formation" and "Physical geography." Expansion of the description of the U.S. flood insurance program as a means of restricting floodplain development would be good. -- Cuppysfriend 00:50, 21 November 2006 (UTC)
Deltas are aggradational but they're not described as floodplains as far as I know. Daniel Collins 00:29, 22 November 2006 (UTC)
Well, I thought you were doing a great job - I just jumped in with the "official" definition after Daniel's observations. I might be able to add a bit after the next few days, but the article looks good to me... Go Hoosiers! -- Geologyguy 02:18, 23 November 2006 (UTC)
I've edited the section on US floodplain regulation a bit.
I tried to clarify what the floodplain/floodway/SFHA are, but tried to keep it fairly simple and generic, and not bog down into the minutia of doing a flood study, defining a floodway, etc.
I've also edited the requirements for elevating structures within floodplains. Where elevations have been determined by detailed study or estimation, the minimum federal requirement is only to elevate to the 100-year flood. The two-foot requirement is for certain unstudied areas, and is two feet above the surrounding grade, not flood elevation.
I hope that I've gotten the citation of the regs in a correct, or at least acceptable format. I know there's a very terse format, but I thought slightly more verbose would actually be more useful. I can also re-find the NFIP glossary page that I used to pop out the actual language/citations. -- Lonotter 20:49, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
"As of October 9, 2012, the e-CFR resides at a new URL. Please reset your bookmarks, favorites, links and desktop shortcuts to: www.ecfr.gov."
I could not locate the correct links.
L Kirk — Preceding unsigned comment added by Captkirksc ( talk • contribs) 16:45, 23 July 2013 (UTC)
This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 16 January 2023 and 10 April 2023. Further details are available
on the course page. Student editor(s):
Serosa19 (
article contribs).
— Assignment last updated by Serosa19 ( talk) 22:25, 24 February 2023 (UTC)
This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 16 January 2024 and 11 May 2024. Further details are available
on the course page. Student editor(s):
Elsmoll (
article contribs). Peer reviewers:
Finle170.
— Assignment last updated by LynSchwendy ( talk) 03:29, 14 May 2024 (UTC)