Nevada Administrative Code (Last Updated: January 6, 2015) |
Chapter535 Dams and Other Obstructions |
GENERAL PROVISIONS |
NAC535.080. “Probable maximum flood” defined.
Latest version.
- “Probable maximum flood” means a hypothetical flood whose magnitude is:
1. The largest that could be expected from the most severe combination of critical meteorologic and hydrologic conditions that are reasonably possible for the region in which a dam is located; and
2. Such that there is virtually no chance of its being exceeded.
(Added to NAC by St. Engineer by R124-02, eff. 5-30-2003)