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Flood map coverage in Maryland

FEMA's National Flood Hazard Layer holds 2,050 FIRM panels for Maryland from 24 digital flood map databases, reaching 24 of its 24 counties. Computed September 29, 2026.

2,050FIRM panels
71%took effect before September 29, 2016
2025-05-06newest panel (24037C0019F)
82LOMRs in effect

What to expect from lookups here

A real lookup in Maryland

The point is the Census internal point of St. Mary's County, the county with Maryland's most recently effective FIRM panel. FEMA's map puts it in zone X (area of minimal flood hazard). Recorded September 29, 2026.

Request
curl -sG https://api.floodzoneapi.com/api/v1/flood/zone \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $FZA_KEY" \
  -d lat=38.22308 -d lon=-76.53449
Response 200
{
  "query": {
    "lat": 38.22308,
    "lon": -76.53449
  },
  "location": {
    "lat": 38.22308,
    "lon": -76.53449,
    "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": "24037C",
    "polygon_id": "24037C_4222",
    "at_zone_boundary": false,
    "other_zones": []
  },
  "firm_panel": {
    "panel": "24037C0306F",
    "effective_date": "2025-05-06",
    "panel_type": "Countywide, Panel Printed",
    "dfirm_id": "24037C",
    "other_panels": [
      {
        "panel": "51193C0175D",
        "effective_date": "2009-08-18",
        "panel_type": "Countywide, Not Printed",
        "dfirm_id": "51193C"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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": 38.22308,
      "lon": -76.53449
    },
    "queried_at": "2026-09-29T08:37:43Z",
    "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 Maryland

MapDFIRM IDID typePanelsNewest panelOldest panelOver 10 years oldLOMRs in effect
Allegany County24001CCounty812020-04-032020-04-0300
Anne Arundel County24003CCounty1422015-02-182012-10-161427
Baltimore County240010Community-numbered752023-11-022008-09-2683
Calvert County24009CCounty682014-11-192011-12-16682
Caroline County24011CCounty462015-01-162015-01-16461
Carroll County24013CCounty982015-10-022015-10-02811
Cecil County24015CCounty1022015-05-042013-07-081023
Charles County24017CCounty652015-05-042013-09-04651
City of Baltimore240087Community-numbered372021-06-162012-02-02140
Dorchester County24019CCounty882015-03-162015-03-16885
Frederick County24021CCounty2242023-08-012023-08-0102
Garrett County24023CCounty602019-02-012013-10-02581
Harford County24025CCounty1142016-04-192016-04-191143
Howard County24027CCounty302013-11-062013-11-06304
Kent County24029CCounty552014-06-092014-06-09551
Montgomery County24031CCounty842006-09-292006-09-298420
Prince George's County24033CCounty882016-09-162016-09-168813
Queen Anne's County24035CCounty562014-11-052014-11-05561
Somerset County24039CCounty652015-02-042015-02-04654
St. Mary's County24037CCounty1432025-05-062014-11-19570
Talbot County24041CCounty1092016-07-202013-08-051091
Washington County24043CCounty882017-08-152017-08-1500
Wicomico County24045CCounty682015-08-172015-08-17682
Worcester County24047CCounty642015-07-162015-07-16647
Dates are panel effective dates (YYYY-MM-DD). "Placeholder" means FEMA's record carries a non-date such as 9999-09-09. "Over 10 years old" counts panels effective before September 29, 2016. "LOMRs in effect" are Letters of Map Revision not yet folded into a new FIRM. The DFIRM ID appears in responses as flood_zone.dfirm_id and firm_panel.dfirm_id.

Source: FEMA NFHL layers 1, 3 and 22 and the Census Bureau county gazetteer, computed September 29, 2026. All states ยท API reference