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Lowest Floor Elevation

Term · Insurance and risk management · MLC-T-INS-000131

The measured distance of a building's lowest floor above the National Geodetic Vertical Datum (NGVD) or other datum specified on the FIRM for that location.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-INS-000131
FieldInsurance and risk management
SubjectNational Flood Insurance Program
AbbreviationLFE
ReferencesFloodSmart Flood Insurance Glossary; FEMA Glossary
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-INS-000131",
  "term": "Lowest Floor Elevation",
  "field": "Insurance and risk management",
  "definition": "The measured distance of a building's lowest floor above the National Geodetic Vertical Datum (NGVD) or other datum specified on the FIRM for that location.",
  "abbreviation": "LFE",
  "subject": "National Flood Insurance Program",
  "references": [
    "FloodSmart Flood Insurance Glossary",
    "FEMA Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/insurance/lowest-floor-elevation/"
}

Record 131 of 272 in Insurance and risk management terminology (MLC-0106). Request the full dataset.