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Flood map coverage in New Hampshire

FEMA's National Flood Hazard Layer holds 1,511 FIRM panels for New Hampshire from 9 digital flood map databases, reaching 9 of its 10 counties. Computed September 29, 2026.

1,511FIRM panels
76%took effect before September 29, 2016
2026-06-10newest panel (33011C0036E)
24LOMRs in effect

What to expect from lookups here

A real lookup in New Hampshire

The point is the Census internal point of Hillsborough County, the county with New Hampshire'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=42.91153 -d lon=-71.72306
Response 200
{
  "query": {
    "lat": 42.91153,
    "lon": -71.72306
  },
  "location": {
    "lat": 42.91153,
    "lon": -71.72306,
    "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": "33011C",
    "polygon_id": "33011C_9111",
    "at_zone_boundary": false,
    "other_zones": []
  },
  "firm_panel": {
    "panel": "33011C0340D",
    "effective_date": "2009-09-25",
    "panel_type": "Countywide, Panel Printed",
    "dfirm_id": "33011C",
    "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": 42.91153,
      "lon": -71.72306
    },
    "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 New Hampshire

MapDFIRM IDID typePanelsNewest panelOldest panelOver 10 years oldLOMRs in effect
Carroll County33003CCounty1542013-03-192013-03-191541
Cheshire County33005CCounty1372006-05-232006-05-231372
Coos County33007CCounty2262013-02-202013-02-202260
Grafton County33009CCounty2732024-02-082008-02-201240
Hillsborough County33011CCounty2332026-06-102009-09-251639
Merrimack County33013CCounty1792026-01-232010-04-19841
Rockingham County33015CCounty1552021-01-292005-05-171137
Strafford County33017CCounty782015-09-302005-05-17782
Sullivan County33019CCounty762006-05-232006-05-23762
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