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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

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.

Request
curl -sG https://api.floodzoneapi.com/api/v1/flood/zone \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $FZA_KEY" \
  -d lat=41.74859 -d lon=-71.08889
Response 200
{
  "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

MapDFIRM IDID typePanelsNewest panelOldest panelOver 10 years oldLOMRs in effect
Barnstable County25001CCounty1982021-07-062014-07-1619322
Bristol County25005CCounty2372026-06-232009-07-0717613
Dukes County25007CCounty722016-07-202016-07-20721
Essex County25009CCounty2222025-07-082012-07-037642
Hampden County25013CCounty1902023-06-072013-07-161711
Middlesex County25017CCounty2882025-07-082010-06-04817
Nantucket County25019CCounty362014-06-092014-06-09362
Norfolk County25021CCounty1682025-07-082012-07-17326
Plymouth County25023CCounty2732024-07-032012-07-1712028
Suffolk County25025CCounty502024-07-032009-09-25265
Town of Amherst250156Community-numbered172023-02-092023-02-0900
Worcester County25027CCounty4212025-07-082011-07-042134
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.

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.

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