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Flood map coverage in New Jersey

FEMA's National Flood Hazard Layer holds 2,286 FIRM panels for New Jersey from 24 digital flood map databases, reaching 21 of its 21 counties. Computed September 29, 2026.

2,286FIRM panels
70%took effect before September 29, 2016
2025-08-19newest panel (34027C0187F)
41LOMRs in effect

What to expect from lookups here

A real lookup in New Jersey

The point is the Census internal point of Morris County, the county with New Jersey's most recently effective FIRM panel. FEMA's digital map has no flood hazard area there, so the answer says unmapped instead of guessing a zone. Recorded September 29, 2026.

Request
curl -sG https://api.floodzoneapi.com/api/v1/flood/zone \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $FZA_KEY" \
  -d lat=40.8589 -d lon=-74.54729
Response 200
{
  "query": {
    "lat": 40.8589,
    "lon": -74.54729
  },
  "location": {
    "lat": 40.8589,
    "lon": -74.54729,
    "geocoder": null,
    "precision": "input_coordinates",
    "matched_address": null,
    "candidates": null,
    "county": null,
    "county_fips": null,
    "state": null
  },
  "flood_zone": {
    "mapped": false,
    "zone": null,
    "subtype": null,
    "description": "FEMA's digital flood map (NFHL) has no flood hazard area at this point. The area may have only paper maps, no FEMA map, or lie outside the United States. This is not the same as Zone X.",
    "sfha": null,
    "static_bfe": null,
    "depth": null,
    "dfirm_id": null,
    "polygon_id": null,
    "at_zone_boundary": false,
    "other_zones": []
  },
  "firm_panel": null,
  "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": 40.8589,
      "lon": -74.54729
    },
    "queried_at": "2026-09-29T08:42:48Z",
    "cached": false,
    "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 Jersey

MapDFIRM IDID typePanelsNewest panelOldest panelOver 10 years oldLOMRs in effect
Atlantic County34001CCounty1632018-08-282018-08-2800
Bergen County34003CCounty962019-08-282019-08-2801
Borough of Florham Park340342Community-numbered52002-12-202002-12-2050
Borough of Madison340347Community-numbered52002-04-152002-04-1550
Burlington County34005CCounty1922019-08-282017-12-2100
Camden County34007CCounty722016-08-172007-09-28721
Cape May County34009CCounty1112017-10-052017-10-0500
City of Estell Manor340573Community-numbered142003-07-022003-07-02140
Cumberland County34011CCounty1482016-06-162016-06-161480
Essex County34013CCounty642020-04-032007-06-04454
Gloucester County34015CCounty1242016-08-172010-01-201240
Hudson County34017CCounty322006-08-162006-08-16320
Hunterdon County34019CCounty1442012-05-022009-09-251440
Mercer County34021CCounty932016-07-202016-07-20933
Middlesex County34023CCounty1212010-07-062010-07-061215
Monmouth County34025CCounty1232022-06-152009-09-251025
Morris County34027CCounty142025-08-192025-08-1900
Ocean County34029CCounty1822021-12-162006-09-291635
Passaic County34031CCounty792020-04-172007-09-28272
Salem County34033CCounty862016-06-162016-06-16860
Somerset County34035CCounty1172016-11-042007-09-281076
Sussex County34037CCounty1262011-09-292011-09-291261
Union County34039CCounty492006-09-202006-09-20498
Warren County34041CCounty1262011-09-292011-09-291260
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.

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