Floodplain Base Flood Elevations

Published by City of Washington, DC | District of Columbia | Metadata Last Checked: January 27, 2026 | Last Modified: 2025-04-11T00:00:00.000Z

Location and attributes for Base Flood Elevations lines shown on FIRM. The elevation of surface water resulting from a flood that has a 1% chance of equaling or exceeding that level in any given year. The BFE is shown on the Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) for zones AE, AH, A1–A30, AR, AR/A, AR/AE, AR/A1– A30, AR/AH, AR/AO, V1–V30 and VE.

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identifier	https://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=abbccdba911a4610a60aab68a2a77328&sublayer=5
issued	2015-02-27T20:55:37.000Z
landingPage	https://opendata.dc.gov/datasets/DCGIS::floodplain-base-flood-elevations
spatial	-77.1197,38.7990,-76.9116,38.9948
theme	[ "geospatial" ]

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