Flood map coverage in New York
FEMA's National Flood Hazard Layer holds 5,795 FIRM panels for New York from 44 digital flood map databases, reaching 45 of its 62 counties. Computed September 29, 2026.
5,795FIRM panels
72%took effect before September 29, 2016
2026-07-21newest panel (36115C0179E)
121LOMRs in effect
What to expect from lookups here
- 17 counties have no digital FIRM in the NFHL (listed below). Points there come back
"mapped": false. - 11 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 City of Oneida (360408), last revised 2001-02-23.
- 33 panels carry a placeholder effective date in FEMA's data; for points on those panels
firm_panel.effective_dateisnull.
A real lookup in New York
The point is the Census internal point of Washington County, the county with New York'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=43.31238 -d lon=-73.43943{
"query": {
"lat": 43.31238,
"lon": -73.43943
},
"location": {
"lat": 43.31238,
"lon": -73.43943,
"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": "36115C",
"polygon_id": "36115C_24993",
"at_zone_boundary": false,
"other_zones": []
},
"firm_panel": {
"panel": "36115C0405E",
"effective_date": "2026-07-21",
"panel_type": "Countywide, Panel Printed",
"dfirm_id": "36115C",
"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": 43.31238,
"lon": -73.43943
},
"queried_at": "2026-09-29T08:37:52Z",
"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 York
| Map | DFIRM ID | ID type | Panels | Newest panel | Oldest panel | Over 10 years old | LOMRs in effect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albany County | 36001C | County | 148 | 2015-03-16 | 2015-03-16 | 124 | 1 |
| Cayuga County | 36011C | County | 127 | 2023-03-21 | 2007-08-02 | 114 | 0 |
| Chenango County | 36017C | County | 158 | 2010-11-26 | 2010-11-26 | 158 | 0 |
| City of New York | 360497 | Community-numbered | 153 | 2007-09-05 | 2007-09-05 | 153 | 6 |
| City of Oneida | 360408 | Community-numbered | 7 | 2001-02-23 | 2001-02-23 | 7 | 0 |
| Clinton County | 36019C | County | 161 | 2023-12-07 | 2023-12-07 | 0 | 2 |
| Cortland County | 36023C | County | 90 | 2010-03-02 | 2010-03-02 | 90 | 3 |
| Delaware County | 36025C | County | 289 | 2016-06-16 | 2012-06-19 | 289 | 2 |
| Dutchess County | 36027C | County | 218 | 2012-05-02 | 2012-05-02 | 218 | 10 |
| Erie County | 36029C | County | 299 | 2021-06-16 | 2019-06-07 | 0 | 12 |
| Greene County | 36039C | County | 166 | 2015-06-02 | 2008-05-16 | 166 | 0 |
| Jefferson County | 36045C | County | 255 | 2014-01-08 | 2014-01-08 | 255 | 0 |
| Monroe County | 36055C | County | 201 | 2024-07-31 | 2008-08-28 | 166 | 8 |
| Montgomery County | 36057C | County | 88 | 2018-01-19 | 2018-01-19 | 0 | 2 |
| Nassau County | 36059C | County | 140 | 2009-09-11 | 2009-09-11 | 140 | 5 |
| Niagara County | 36063C | County | 151 | 2021-05-04 | 2010-09-17 | 106 | 2 |
| Oneida County | 36065C | County | 287 | 2013-09-27 | 2013-09-27 | 287 | 0 |
| Onondaga County | 36067C | County | 214 | 2016-11-04 | 2016-11-04 | 0 | 5 |
| Orange County | 36071C | County | 251 | 2009-08-03 | 2009-08-03 | 251 | 6 |
| Orleans County | 36073C | County | 86 | 2025-11-14 | 2025-11-14 | 0 | 0 |
| Oswego County | 36075C | County | 191 | 2023-11-16 | 2013-06-18 | 162 | 1 |
| Otsego County | 36077C | County | 135 | 2017-03-21 | 2017-03-21 | 0 | 0 |
| Putnam County | 36079C | County | 77 | 2013-03-04 | 2013-03-04 | 77 | 0 |
| Rensselaer County | 36083C | County | 148 | 2016-01-06 | 2016-01-06 | 148 | 0 |
| Rockland County | 36087C | County | 80 | 2014-03-03 | 2014-03-03 | 80 | 14 |
| Schenectady County | 36093C | County | 64 | 2014-01-08 | 2014-01-08 | 64 | 0 |
| Schoharie County | 36095C | County | 119 | 2012-02-16 | 2004-04-02 | 119 | 0 |
| Suffolk County | 36103C | County | 368 | 2009-09-25 | 2009-09-25 | 368 | 11 |
| Sullivan County | 36105C | County | 213 | 2015-08-17 | 2011-02-18 | 213 | 1 |
| Tioga County | 36107C | County | 123 | 2012-04-17 | 2012-04-17 | 123 | 1 |
| Tompkins County | 36109C | County | 157 | 2025-06-18 | 2025-06-18 | 0 | 0 |
| Town of Jay | 360265 | Community-numbered | 36 | 2002-06-17 | 2002-06-17 | 36 | 0 |
| Town of Lisle | 360049 | Community-numbered | 16 | 2002-08-20 | 2002-08-20 | 16 | 0 |
| Town of Mina | 361371 | Community-numbered | 6 | 2003-01-02 | 2003-01-02 | 6 | 0 |
| Town of North Dansville | 360388 | Community-numbered | 4 | 2010-04-05 | 2010-04-05 | 4 | 0 |
| Town of Sparta | 361288 | Community-numbered | 7 | 2010-04-05 | 2010-04-05 | 4 | 0 |
| Town of West Sparta | 360391 | Community-numbered | 10 | 2010-04-05 | 2010-04-05 | 4 | 0 |
| Ulster County | 36111C | County | 100 | 2016-11-18 | 2009-09-25 | 48 | 2 |
| Village of Dansville | 360383 | Community-numbered | 4 | 2010-04-05 | 2010-04-05 | 4 | 0 |
| Village of Herkimer | 360307 | Community-numbered | 5 | 2002-06-17 | 2002-06-17 | 5 | 1 |
| Village of Victor | 361648 | Community-numbered | 1 | 2004-05-17 | 2004-05-17 | 1 | 0 |
| Washington County | 36115C | County | 197 | 2026-07-21 | 2026-07-21 | 0 | 0 |
| Westchester County | 36119C | County | 171 | 2007-09-28 | 2007-09-28 | 171 | 26 |
| Yates County | 36123C | County | 74 | 2025-06-18 | 2025-06-18 | 0 | 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.
- Allegany County (36003)
- Cattaraugus County (36009)
- Chemung County (36015)
- Columbia County (36021)
- Franklin County (36033)
- Fulton County (36035)
- Genesee County (36037)
- Hamilton County (36041)
- Lewis County (36049)
- St. Lawrence County (36089)
- Saratoga County (36091)
- Schuyler County (36097)
- Seneca County (36099)
- Steuben County (36101)
- Warren County (36113)
- Wayne County (36117)
- Wyoming County (36121)
Source: FEMA NFHL layers 1, 3 and 22 and the Census Bureau county gazetteer, computed September 29, 2026. All states ยท API reference