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Message: <blockquote data-quote="FullAuto" data-source="post: 2093151" data-attributes="member: 5110">Depending on the size of the land, I believe you can have the lot cut into smaller lots so the flood plain is on a lot other than where you're building, i.e. cutting 20 acres into (2) 10 acre lots or (4) 5 acre lots.  I have 1.03 acres that is cut into 2 lots.  My house sits on the west lot.  The back of my other lot is flood plain.  My back fence runs diagonal so the flood plain is a few feet behind the lot my house sits on but cuts into my property on the other lot.  The property behind me is the same way.  It was a front acre with a house and the back portion has several acres of flood plain.  And all that land DOES flood.  It did the first year I was here and covered all the area that was mapped out as flood plain including the back of my other lot.</blockquote>