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
- Every county has at least one digital FIRM in the NFHL.
- 3 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 Borough of Madison (340347), last revised 2002-04-15.
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.
curl -sG https://api.floodzoneapi.com/api/v1/flood/zone \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $FZA_KEY" \
-d lat=40.8589 -d lon=-74.54729{
"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
| Map | DFIRM ID | ID type | Panels | Newest panel | Oldest panel | Over 10 years old | LOMRs in effect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlantic County | 34001C | County | 163 | 2018-08-28 | 2018-08-28 | 0 | 0 |
| Bergen County | 34003C | County | 96 | 2019-08-28 | 2019-08-28 | 0 | 1 |
| Borough of Florham Park | 340342 | Community-numbered | 5 | 2002-12-20 | 2002-12-20 | 5 | 0 |
| Borough of Madison | 340347 | Community-numbered | 5 | 2002-04-15 | 2002-04-15 | 5 | 0 |
| Burlington County | 34005C | County | 192 | 2019-08-28 | 2017-12-21 | 0 | 0 |
| Camden County | 34007C | County | 72 | 2016-08-17 | 2007-09-28 | 72 | 1 |
| Cape May County | 34009C | County | 111 | 2017-10-05 | 2017-10-05 | 0 | 0 |
| City of Estell Manor | 340573 | Community-numbered | 14 | 2003-07-02 | 2003-07-02 | 14 | 0 |
| Cumberland County | 34011C | County | 148 | 2016-06-16 | 2016-06-16 | 148 | 0 |
| Essex County | 34013C | County | 64 | 2020-04-03 | 2007-06-04 | 45 | 4 |
| Gloucester County | 34015C | County | 124 | 2016-08-17 | 2010-01-20 | 124 | 0 |
| Hudson County | 34017C | County | 32 | 2006-08-16 | 2006-08-16 | 32 | 0 |
| Hunterdon County | 34019C | County | 144 | 2012-05-02 | 2009-09-25 | 144 | 0 |
| Mercer County | 34021C | County | 93 | 2016-07-20 | 2016-07-20 | 93 | 3 |
| Middlesex County | 34023C | County | 121 | 2010-07-06 | 2010-07-06 | 121 | 5 |
| Monmouth County | 34025C | County | 123 | 2022-06-15 | 2009-09-25 | 102 | 5 |
| Morris County | 34027C | County | 14 | 2025-08-19 | 2025-08-19 | 0 | 0 |
| Ocean County | 34029C | County | 182 | 2021-12-16 | 2006-09-29 | 163 | 5 |
| Passaic County | 34031C | County | 79 | 2020-04-17 | 2007-09-28 | 27 | 2 |
| Salem County | 34033C | County | 86 | 2016-06-16 | 2016-06-16 | 86 | 0 |
| Somerset County | 34035C | County | 117 | 2016-11-04 | 2007-09-28 | 107 | 6 |
| Sussex County | 34037C | County | 126 | 2011-09-29 | 2011-09-29 | 126 | 1 |
| Union County | 34039C | County | 49 | 2006-09-20 | 2006-09-20 | 49 | 8 |
| Warren County | 34041C | County | 126 | 2011-09-29 | 2011-09-29 | 126 | 0 |
Source: FEMA NFHL layers 1, 3 and 22 and the Census Bureau county gazetteer, computed September 29, 2026. All states ยท API reference