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
- Every county has at least one digital FIRM in the NFHL.
- 2 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 Montgomery County (24031C), last revised 2006-09-29.
- 41 panels carry a placeholder effective date in FEMA's data; for points on those panels
firm_panel.effective_dateisnull.
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.
curl -sG https://api.floodzoneapi.com/api/v1/flood/zone \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $FZA_KEY" \
-d lat=38.22308 -d lon=-76.53449{
"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
| Map | DFIRM ID | ID type | Panels | Newest panel | Oldest panel | Over 10 years old | LOMRs in effect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allegany County | 24001C | County | 81 | 2020-04-03 | 2020-04-03 | 0 | 0 |
| Anne Arundel County | 24003C | County | 142 | 2015-02-18 | 2012-10-16 | 142 | 7 |
| Baltimore County | 240010 | Community-numbered | 75 | 2023-11-02 | 2008-09-26 | 8 | 3 |
| Calvert County | 24009C | County | 68 | 2014-11-19 | 2011-12-16 | 68 | 2 |
| Caroline County | 24011C | County | 46 | 2015-01-16 | 2015-01-16 | 46 | 1 |
| Carroll County | 24013C | County | 98 | 2015-10-02 | 2015-10-02 | 81 | 1 |
| Cecil County | 24015C | County | 102 | 2015-05-04 | 2013-07-08 | 102 | 3 |
| Charles County | 24017C | County | 65 | 2015-05-04 | 2013-09-04 | 65 | 1 |
| City of Baltimore | 240087 | Community-numbered | 37 | 2021-06-16 | 2012-02-02 | 14 | 0 |
| Dorchester County | 24019C | County | 88 | 2015-03-16 | 2015-03-16 | 88 | 5 |
| Frederick County | 24021C | County | 224 | 2023-08-01 | 2023-08-01 | 0 | 2 |
| Garrett County | 24023C | County | 60 | 2019-02-01 | 2013-10-02 | 58 | 1 |
| Harford County | 24025C | County | 114 | 2016-04-19 | 2016-04-19 | 114 | 3 |
| Howard County | 24027C | County | 30 | 2013-11-06 | 2013-11-06 | 30 | 4 |
| Kent County | 24029C | County | 55 | 2014-06-09 | 2014-06-09 | 55 | 1 |
| Montgomery County | 24031C | County | 84 | 2006-09-29 | 2006-09-29 | 84 | 20 |
| Prince George's County | 24033C | County | 88 | 2016-09-16 | 2016-09-16 | 88 | 13 |
| Queen Anne's County | 24035C | County | 56 | 2014-11-05 | 2014-11-05 | 56 | 1 |
| Somerset County | 24039C | County | 65 | 2015-02-04 | 2015-02-04 | 65 | 4 |
| St. Mary's County | 24037C | County | 143 | 2025-05-06 | 2014-11-19 | 57 | 0 |
| Talbot County | 24041C | County | 109 | 2016-07-20 | 2013-08-05 | 109 | 1 |
| Washington County | 24043C | County | 88 | 2017-08-15 | 2017-08-15 | 0 | 0 |
| Wicomico County | 24045C | County | 68 | 2015-08-17 | 2015-08-17 | 68 | 2 |
| Worcester County | 24047C | County | 64 | 2015-07-16 | 2015-07-16 | 64 | 7 |
Source: FEMA NFHL layers 1, 3 and 22 and the Census Bureau county gazetteer, computed September 29, 2026. All states ยท API reference