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Flood map coverage in U.S. Virgin Islands

FEMA's National Flood Hazard Layer holds 94 FIRM panels for U.S. Virgin Islands from 1 digital flood map database. Computed September 29, 2026.

94FIRM panels
100%took effect before September 29, 2016
2007-04-16newest panel (7800000072G)
0LOMRs in effect

What to expect from lookups here

A real lookup in U.S. Virgin Islands

The point is the center of FIRM panel 7800000072G, U.S. Virgin Islands's most recently effective printed panel. FEMA's map puts it in zone AE. Recorded September 29, 2026.

Request
curl -sG https://api.floodzoneapi.com/api/v1/flood/zone \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $FZA_KEY" \
  -d lat=17.75313 -d lon=-64.69062
Response 200
{
  "query": {
    "lat": 17.75313,
    "lon": -64.69062
  },
  "location": {
    "lat": 17.75313,
    "lon": -64.69062,
    "geocoder": null,
    "precision": "input_coordinates",
    "matched_address": null,
    "candidates": null,
    "county": null,
    "county_fips": null,
    "state": null
  },
  "flood_zone": {
    "mapped": true,
    "zone": "AE",
    "subtype": null,
    "description": "1% annual chance flood hazard. Base flood elevations determined.",
    "sfha": true,
    "static_bfe": {
      "elevation": 10.0,
      "unit": "Feet",
      "datum": "LOCAL TIDAL DATUM"
    },
    "depth": null,
    "dfirm_id": "780000",
    "polygon_id": "780000_1212",
    "at_zone_boundary": false,
    "other_zones": []
  },
  "firm_panel": {
    "panel": "7800000072G",
    "effective_date": "2007-04-16",
    "panel_type": "Community Based, Panel Printed",
    "dfirm_id": "780000",
    "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": 17.75313,
      "lon": -64.69062
    },
    "queried_at": "2026-09-29T08:36:55Z",
    "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 U.S. Virgin Islands

MapDFIRM IDID typePanelsNewest panelOldest panelOver 10 years oldLOMRs in effect
U.S. Virgin Islands780000Community-numbered942007-04-162007-04-16940
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