Flood map coverage in Massachusetts
FEMA's National Flood Hazard Layer holds 2,172 FIRM panels for Massachusetts from 12 digital flood map databases, reaching 12 of its 14 counties. Computed September 29, 2026.
2,172FIRM panels
55%took effect before September 29, 2016
2026-06-23newest panel (25005C0084G)
131LOMRs in effect
What to expect from lookups here
- 2 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 Nantucket County (25019C), last revised 2014-06-09.
A real lookup in Massachusetts
The point is the Census internal point of Bristol County, the county with Massachusetts's most recently effective FIRM panel. FEMA's map puts it in zone X (0.2 pct annual chance flood hazard). Recorded September 29, 2026.
curl -sG https://api.floodzoneapi.com/api/v1/flood/zone \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $FZA_KEY" \
-d lat=41.74859 -d lon=-71.08889{
"query": {
"lat": 41.74859,
"lon": -71.08889
},
"location": {
"lat": 41.74859,
"lon": -71.08889,
"geocoder": null,
"precision": "input_coordinates",
"matched_address": null,
"candidates": null,
"county": null,
"county_fips": null,
"state": null
},
"flood_zone": {
"mapped": true,
"zone": "X",
"subtype": "0.2 PCT ANNUAL CHANCE FLOOD HAZARD",
"description": "0.2% annual chance flood hazard. Outside the Special Flood Hazard Area.",
"sfha": false,
"static_bfe": null,
"depth": null,
"dfirm_id": "25005C",
"polygon_id": "25005C_4763",
"at_zone_boundary": false,
"other_zones": []
},
"firm_panel": {
"panel": "25005C0352G",
"effective_date": "2021-07-06",
"panel_type": "Countywide, Panel Printed",
"dfirm_id": "25005C",
"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": 41.74859,
"lon": -71.08889
},
"queried_at": "2026-09-29T08:37:44Z",
"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 Massachusetts
| Map | DFIRM ID | ID type | Panels | Newest panel | Oldest panel | Over 10 years old | LOMRs in effect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barnstable County | 25001C | County | 198 | 2021-07-06 | 2014-07-16 | 193 | 22 |
| Bristol County | 25005C | County | 237 | 2026-06-23 | 2009-07-07 | 176 | 13 |
| Dukes County | 25007C | County | 72 | 2016-07-20 | 2016-07-20 | 72 | 1 |
| Essex County | 25009C | County | 222 | 2025-07-08 | 2012-07-03 | 76 | 42 |
| Hampden County | 25013C | County | 190 | 2023-06-07 | 2013-07-16 | 171 | 1 |
| Middlesex County | 25017C | County | 288 | 2025-07-08 | 2010-06-04 | 81 | 7 |
| Nantucket County | 25019C | County | 36 | 2014-06-09 | 2014-06-09 | 36 | 2 |
| Norfolk County | 25021C | County | 168 | 2025-07-08 | 2012-07-17 | 32 | 6 |
| Plymouth County | 25023C | County | 273 | 2024-07-03 | 2012-07-17 | 120 | 28 |
| Suffolk County | 25025C | County | 50 | 2024-07-03 | 2009-09-25 | 26 | 5 |
| Town of Amherst | 250156 | Community-numbered | 17 | 2023-02-09 | 2023-02-09 | 0 | 0 |
| Worcester County | 25027C | County | 421 | 2025-07-08 | 2011-07-04 | 213 | 4 |
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.
- Berkshire County (25003)
- Franklin County (25011)
Source: FEMA NFHL layers 1, 3 and 22 and the Census Bureau county gazetteer, computed September 29, 2026. All states ยท API reference