Flood map coverage in Arkansas
FEMA's National Flood Hazard Layer holds 1,569 FIRM panels for Arkansas from 50 digital flood map databases, reaching 50 of its 75 counties. Computed September 29, 2026.
1,569FIRM panels
85%took effect before September 29, 2016
2024-09-26newest panel (05031C0025D)
98LOMRs in effect
What to expect from lookups here
- 25 counties have no digital FIRM in the NFHL (listed below). Points there come back
"mapped": false. - 1 of the maps are community-numbered, so parts of the counties they sit in may have no digital map.
- The map that has gone longest without a new panel is Yell County (05149C), last revised 2002-03-04.
A real lookup in Arkansas
The point is the Census internal point of Craighead County, the county with Arkansas's most recently effective FIRM panel. FEMA's map puts it in zone X (area of minimal flood hazard). Recorded September 29, 2026.
curl -sG https://api.floodzoneapi.com/api/v1/flood/zone \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $FZA_KEY" \
-d lat=35.82773 -d lon=-90.63142{
"query": {
"lat": 35.82773,
"lon": -90.63142
},
"location": {
"lat": 35.82773,
"lon": -90.63142,
"geocoder": null,
"precision": "input_coordinates",
"matched_address": null,
"candidates": null,
"county": null,
"county_fips": null,
"state": null
},
"flood_zone": {
"mapped": true,
"zone": "X",
"subtype": "AREA OF MINIMAL FLOOD HAZARD",
"description": "Area of minimal flood hazard. Outside the Special Flood Hazard Area.",
"sfha": false,
"static_bfe": null,
"depth": null,
"dfirm_id": "05031C",
"polygon_id": "05031C_5221",
"at_zone_boundary": false,
"other_zones": []
},
"firm_panel": {
"panel": "05031C0259D",
"effective_date": "2024-09-26",
"panel_type": "Countywide, Panel Printed",
"dfirm_id": "05031C",
"other_panels": []
},
"source": {
"dataset": "FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer (NFHL)",
"service": "https://hazards.fema.gov/arcgis/rest/services/public/NFHL/MapServer",
"layers": [
{
"id": 28,
"name": "Flood Hazard Zones"
},
{
"id": 3,
"name": "FIRM Panels"
}
],
"query_point": {
"lat": 35.82773,
"lon": -90.63142
},
"queried_at": "2026-09-29T08:37:31Z",
"cached": true,
"cache_ttl_seconds": 86400
},
"notice": "Informational. This is the zone shown on FEMA's effective flood map (NFHL) at this point. It is not a Standard Flood Hazard Determination (FEMA Form 086-0-32), a prediction of flood risk, or an insurance quote, and it does not reflect a Letter of Map Amendment issued for a single structure."
}Every digital flood map in Arkansas
| Map | DFIRM ID | ID type | Panels | Newest panel | Oldest panel | Over 10 years old | LOMRs in effect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas County | 05001C | County | 33 | 2009-03-02 | 2009-03-02 | 33 | 0 |
| Ashley County | 05003C | County | 27 | 2011-04-18 | 2011-04-18 | 27 | 0 |
| Baxter County | 05005C | County | 18 | 2010-12-03 | 2010-12-03 | 18 | 0 |
| Benton County | 05007C | County | 73 | 2012-06-05 | 2007-09-28 | 73 | 55 |
| Boone County | 05009C | County | 21 | 2010-11-26 | 2010-11-26 | 21 | 1 |
| Carroll County | 05015C | County | 18 | 2011-03-17 | 2011-03-17 | 18 | 0 |
| Chicot County | 05017C | County | 22 | 2012-10-02 | 2012-10-02 | 22 | 0 |
| City of Patterson | 050274 | Community-numbered | 1 | 2002-05-02 | 2002-05-02 | 1 | 0 |
| Clark County | 05019C | County | 38 | 2012-02-02 | 2012-02-02 | 38 | 0 |
| Clay County | 05021C | County | 18 | 2016-08-03 | 2016-08-03 | 18 | 0 |
| Cleburne County | 05023C | County | 41 | 2006-02-16 | 2006-02-16 | 41 | 0 |
| Cleveland County | 05025C | County | 23 | 2012-02-02 | 2012-02-02 | 23 | 0 |
| Columbia County | 05027C | County | 24 | 2006-10-17 | 2006-10-17 | 24 | 0 |
| Conway County | 05029C | County | 18 | 2019-03-21 | 2011-07-04 | 11 | 0 |
| Craighead County | 05031C | County | 50 | 2024-09-26 | 2024-09-26 | 0 | 0 |
| Crawford County | 05033C | County | 30 | 2010-12-03 | 2009-03-16 | 30 | 3 |
| Crittenden County | 05035C | County | 27 | 2011-05-03 | 2011-05-03 | 27 | 0 |
| Dallas County | 05039C | County | 32 | 2012-07-17 | 2012-07-17 | 32 | 0 |
| Desha County | 05041C | County | 30 | 2012-06-19 | 2012-06-19 | 30 | 0 |
| Drew County | 05043C | County | 24 | 2011-01-06 | 2011-01-06 | 24 | 2 |
| Faulkner County | 05045C | County | 72 | 2019-03-21 | 2006-12-19 | 62 | 2 |
| Franklin County | 05047C | County | 24 | 2011-08-02 | 2011-08-02 | 24 | 0 |
| Garland County | 05051C | County | 25 | 2010-01-20 | 2010-01-20 | 25 | 5 |
| Grant County | 05053C | County | 37 | 2017-07-18 | 2017-07-18 | 0 | 0 |
| Greene County | 05055C | County | 25 | 2022-09-15 | 2009-06-16 | 23 | 0 |
| Hempstead County | 05057C | County | 28 | 2011-04-04 | 2011-04-04 | 28 | 0 |
| Hot Spring County | 05059C | County | 22 | 2011-03-03 | 2011-03-03 | 22 | 0 |
| Howard County | 05061C | County | 32 | 2010-12-03 | 2010-12-03 | 32 | 0 |
| Independence County | 05063C | County | 24 | 2012-03-15 | 2010-03-17 | 24 | 0 |
| Jackson County | 05067C | County | 23 | 2017-06-07 | 2017-06-07 | 0 | 1 |
| Jefferson County | 05069C | County | 29 | 2009-03-16 | 2009-03-16 | 29 | 0 |
| Johnson County | 05071C | County | 22 | 2019-05-16 | 2010-11-26 | 20 | 3 |
| Lawrence County | 05075C | County | 30 | 2012-12-18 | 2012-12-18 | 30 | 0 |
| Lincoln County | 05079C | County | 24 | 2012-06-05 | 2012-06-05 | 24 | 0 |
| Logan County | 05083C | County | 24 | 2011-06-02 | 2011-06-02 | 24 | 0 |
| Lonoke County | 05085C | County | 44 | 2024-04-25 | 2006-06-16 | 41 | 1 |
| Miller County | 05091C | County | 21 | 2009-12-18 | 2009-12-18 | 21 | 0 |
| Mississippi County | 05093C | County | 31 | 2010-06-18 | 2010-06-18 | 31 | 0 |
| Ouachita County | 05103C | County | 40 | 2010-12-17 | 2010-12-17 | 40 | 0 |
| Phillips County | 05107C | County | 27 | 2010-10-06 | 2010-10-06 | 27 | 0 |
| Poinsett County | 05111C | County | 24 | 2011-02-04 | 2011-02-04 | 24 | 0 |
| Pope County | 05115C | County | 26 | 2019-03-21 | 2010-03-02 | 24 | 1 |
| Pulaski County | 05119C | County | 122 | 2021-02-26 | 2015-07-06 | 107 | 10 |
| Randolph County | 05121C | County | 19 | 2012-05-02 | 2012-05-02 | 19 | 0 |
| Saline County | 05125C | County | 28 | 2020-06-05 | 2012-06-19 | 4 | 4 |
| Sebastian County | 05131C | County | 32 | 2012-03-02 | 2010-05-20 | 32 | 5 |
| Sharp County | 05135C | County | 22 | 2011-09-16 | 2011-09-16 | 22 | 0 |
| Washington County | 05143C | County | 57 | 2024-01-25 | 2024-01-25 | 0 | 3 |
| White County | 05145C | County | 32 | 2012-05-02 | 2012-05-02 | 32 | 2 |
| Yell County | 05149C | County | 35 | 2002-03-04 | 2002-03-04 | 35 | 0 |
Counties with no digital FIRM in the NFHL
No digital flood map in the NFHL links to these counties (Census county FIPS in brackets). Addresses here return "mapped": false; FEMA may still have paper maps for them.
- Bradley County (05011)
- Calhoun County (05013)
- Cross County (05037)
- Fulton County (05049)
- Izard County (05065)
- Lafayette County (05073)
- Lee County (05077)
- Little River County (05081)
- Madison County (05087)
- Marion County (05089)
- Monroe County (05095)
- Montgomery County (05097)
- Nevada County (05099)
- Newton County (05101)
- Perry County (05105)
- Pike County (05109)
- Polk County (05113)
- Prairie County (05117)
- St. Francis County (05123)
- Scott County (05127)
- Searcy County (05129)
- Sevier County (05133)
- Stone County (05137)
- Union County (05139)
- Van Buren County (05141)
Source: FEMA NFHL layers 1, 3 and 22 and the Census Bureau county gazetteer, computed September 29, 2026. All states ยท API reference