Missouri Laws 256.170 – Definitions
For the purposes of sections 256.170 to 256.175, the following terms shall mean:
(1) “Areas subject to natural flooding”, those portions of stream valleys subject to one-hundred-year flood events;
Terms Used In Missouri Laws 256.170
- following: when used by way of reference to any section of the statutes, mean the section next preceding or next following that in which the reference is made, unless some other section is expressly designated in the reference. See Missouri Laws 1.020
- State: when applied to any of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" includes such district and territories. See Missouri Laws 1.020
(2) “Dams”, any dam regulated by the state of Missouri;
(3) “Department”, the department of natural resources;
(4) “Geologic hazard assessment”, a report that identifies and describes soil and ground water conditions, karst, drinking water supplies, dams, surface water bodies, areas subject to natural flooding or flooding by dam failure, high seismic risk areas, and landslide areas and any other type of geologic related hazard which could threaten public safety. The assessment shall include geologic and surficial materials maps at a scale of 1:24,000;
(5) “High seismic risk areas”, those areas in the state that can be expected to experience an intensity of ground shaking equivalent to a Modified Mercalli intensity of VI within any fifty-year period;
(6) “Karst”, those areas where deep weathering of carbonate bedrock has resulted in irregular bedrock and surface topography, poorly deferred surface drainage, and rapid surface water loss and having the possibility of surface subsidence; and
(7) “Landslide areas”, those areas subject to slope movement that could endanger structures.