Flood map coverage in New Mexico
FEMA's National Flood Hazard Layer holds 2,302 FIRM panels for New Mexico from 23 digital flood map databases, reaching 23 of its 33 counties. Computed September 29, 2026.
2,302FIRM panels
98%took effect before September 29, 2016
2024-06-20newest panel (35041C0025F)
121LOMRs in effect
What to expect from lookups here
- 10 counties have no digital FIRM in the NFHL (listed below). Points there come back
"mapped": false. - The map that has gone longest without a new panel is Sandoval County (35043C), last revised 2008-03-18.
A real lookup in New Mexico
The point is the Census internal point of Roosevelt County, the county with New Mexico'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=34.02121 -d lon=-103.483{
"query": {
"lat": 34.02121,
"lon": -103.483
},
"location": {
"lat": 34.02121,
"lon": -103.483,
"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": "35041C",
"polygon_id": "35041C_5826",
"at_zone_boundary": false,
"other_zones": []
},
"firm_panel": {
"panel": "35041C0675F",
"effective_date": "2024-06-20",
"panel_type": "Countywide, Panel Printed",
"dfirm_id": "35041C",
"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": 34.02121,
"lon": -103.483
},
"queried_at": "2026-09-29T08:37:51Z",
"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 Mexico
| Map | DFIRM ID | ID type | Panels | Newest panel | Oldest panel | Over 10 years old | LOMRs in effect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bernalillo County | 35001C | County | 149 | 2016-11-04 | 2008-09-26 | 143 | 56 |
| Chaves County | 35005C | County | 130 | 2009-09-25 | 2009-09-25 | 130 | 2 |
| Cibola County | 35006C | County | 109 | 2010-12-17 | 2010-12-17 | 109 | 0 |
| Colfax County | 35007C | County | 76 | 2010-11-04 | 2010-11-04 | 76 | 0 |
| Curry County | 35009C | County | 66 | 2013-05-16 | 2009-06-16 | 66 | 4 |
| Doña Ana County | 35013C | County | 118 | 2016-07-06 | 2016-07-06 | 118 | 8 |
| Eddy County | 35015C | County | 86 | 2010-06-04 | 2010-06-04 | 86 | 1 |
| Grant County | 35017C | County | 105 | 2011-01-06 | 2011-01-06 | 105 | 0 |
| Lea County | 35025C | County | 100 | 2008-12-16 | 2008-12-16 | 100 | 2 |
| Lincoln County | 35027C | County | 115 | 2014-11-05 | 2011-11-16 | 115 | 1 |
| Los Alamos County | 35028C | County | 10 | 2011-07-18 | 2011-07-18 | 10 | 0 |
| Luna County | 35029C | County | 61 | 2010-10-19 | 2010-10-19 | 61 | 0 |
| McKinley County | 35031C | County | 135 | 2010-02-17 | 2010-02-17 | 135 | 0 |
| Otero County | 35035C | County | 143 | 2015-11-04 | 2010-12-17 | 143 | 1 |
| Rio Arriba County | 35039C | County | 133 | 2012-03-15 | 2012-03-15 | 133 | 0 |
| Roosevelt County | 35041C | County | 62 | 2024-06-20 | 2010-10-06 | 14 | 0 |
| San Juan County | 35045C | County | 137 | 2010-08-05 | 2010-08-05 | 137 | 3 |
| San Miguel County | 35047C | County | 114 | 2010-12-03 | 2010-12-03 | 114 | 0 |
| Sandoval County | 35043C | County | 128 | 2008-03-18 | 2008-03-18 | 128 | 19 |
| Santa Fe County | 35049C | County | 85 | 2012-12-04 | 2008-06-17 | 85 | 8 |
| Socorro County | 35053C | County | 141 | 2016-05-02 | 2016-05-02 | 141 | 0 |
| Taos County | 35055C | County | 59 | 2010-10-06 | 2010-10-06 | 59 | 15 |
| Valencia County | 35061C | County | 40 | 2010-08-19 | 2010-08-19 | 40 | 1 |
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.
- Catron County (35003)
- De Baca County (35011)
- Guadalupe County (35019)
- Harding County (35021)
- Hidalgo County (35023)
- Mora County (35033)
- Quay County (35037)
- Sierra County (35051)
- Torrance County (35057)
- Union County (35059)
Source: FEMA NFHL layers 1, 3 and 22 and the Census Bureau county gazetteer, computed September 29, 2026. All states · API reference