Flood map coverage in Nevada
FEMA's National Flood Hazard Layer holds 2,736 FIRM panels for Nevada from 16 digital flood map databases, reaching 16 of its 17 counties. Computed September 29, 2026.
2,736FIRM panels
96%took effect before September 29, 2016
2025-06-18newest panel (32005C0052H)
208LOMRs in effect
What to expect from lookups here
- 1 county has 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 Churchill County (32001C), last revised 2008-09-26.
A real lookup in Nevada
The point is the Census internal point of Douglas County, the county with Nevada'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=38.90513 -d lon=-119.60902{
"query": {
"lat": 38.90513,
"lon": -119.60902
},
"location": {
"lat": 38.90513,
"lon": -119.60902,
"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": "32005C",
"polygon_id": "32005C_4335",
"at_zone_boundary": false,
"other_zones": []
},
"firm_panel": {
"panel": "32005C0300G",
"effective_date": "2010-01-20",
"panel_type": "Countywide, Not Printed",
"dfirm_id": "32005C",
"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": 38.90513,
"lon": -119.60902
},
"queried_at": "2026-09-29T08:37:49Z",
"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 Nevada
| Map | DFIRM ID | ID type | Panels | Newest panel | Oldest panel | Over 10 years old | LOMRs in effect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carson City | 320001 | Community-numbered | 36 | 2019-06-20 | 2009-01-16 | 23 | 14 |
| Churchill County | 32001C | County | 130 | 2008-09-26 | 2008-09-26 | 130 | 0 |
| Clark County | 32003C | County | 249 | 2011-11-16 | 2002-09-27 | 249 | 127 |
| Douglas County | 32005C | County | 85 | 2025-06-18 | 2010-01-20 | 38 | 12 |
| Elko County | 32007C | County | 391 | 2023-05-23 | 2013-09-04 | 375 | 0 |
| Eureka County | 32011C | County | 95 | 2012-05-16 | 2012-05-16 | 95 | 0 |
| Humboldt County | 32013C | County | 195 | 2010-03-17 | 2010-03-17 | 195 | 0 |
| Lander County | 32015C | County | 139 | 2013-11-20 | 2013-11-20 | 139 | 0 |
| Lincoln County | 32017C | County | 266 | 2010-08-05 | 2010-08-05 | 266 | 0 |
| Lyon County | 32019C | County | 99 | 2016-10-20 | 2009-01-16 | 81 | 2 |
| Mineral County | 32021C | County | 104 | 2012-11-16 | 2012-11-16 | 104 | 0 |
| Nye County | 32023C | County | 377 | 2020-03-06 | 2010-02-17 | 373 | 3 |
| Pershing County | 32027C | County | 125 | 2009-09-25 | 2009-09-25 | 125 | 0 |
| Storey County | 32029C | County | 24 | 2009-01-16 | 2009-01-16 | 24 | 1 |
| Washoe County | 32031C | County | 239 | 2013-06-18 | 2009-03-16 | 239 | 49 |
| White Pine County | 32033C | County | 182 | 2011-11-16 | 2011-11-16 | 182 | 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.
- Esmeralda County (32009)
Source: FEMA NFHL layers 1, 3 and 22 and the Census Bureau county gazetteer, computed September 29, 2026. All states ยท API reference