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Flood map coverage in Vermont

FEMA's National Flood Hazard Layer holds 1,058 FIRM panels for Vermont from 13 digital flood map databases, reaching 11 of its 14 counties. Computed September 29, 2026.

1,058FIRM panels
100%took effect before September 29, 2016
2015-12-02newest panel (50003C0500D)
6LOMRs in effect

What to expect from lookups here

A real lookup in Vermont

The point is the Census internal point of Bennington County, the county with Vermont's most recently effective FIRM panel. FEMA's map puts it in zone X (area of minimal flood hazard). Recorded September 29, 2026.

Request
curl -sG https://api.floodzoneapi.com/api/v1/flood/zone \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $FZA_KEY" \
  -d lat=43.03533 -d lon=-73.11146
Response 200
{
  "query": {
    "lat": 43.03533,
    "lon": -73.11146
  },
  "location": {
    "lat": 43.03533,
    "lon": -73.11146,
    "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": "50003C",
    "polygon_id": "50003C_599",
    "at_zone_boundary": false,
    "other_zones": []
  },
  "firm_panel": {
    "panel": "50003C0325D",
    "effective_date": "2015-12-02",
    "panel_type": "Countywide, Panel Printed",
    "dfirm_id": "50003C",
    "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": 43.03533,
      "lon": -73.11146
    },
    "queried_at": "2026-09-29T08:38:01Z",
    "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 Vermont

MapDFIRM IDID typePanelsNewest panelOldest panelOver 10 years oldLOMRs in effect
Bennington County50003CCounty1122015-12-022015-12-021121
Chittenden County50007CCounty1392014-08-042011-07-181391
Rutland County50021CCounty1702008-08-282008-08-281700
Town of Hardwick500027Community-numbered122002-07-172002-07-17120
Town of Jay500253Community-numbered42000-08-232000-08-2340
Town of Montgomery500056Community-numbered132001-07-052001-07-05130
Town of Newbury500237Community-numbered61999-07-211999-07-2160
Town of Stowe500066Community-numbered272005-08-042005-08-04270
Town of Wolcott500068Community-numbered122000-06-062000-06-06120
Village of Bradford500234Community-numbered11998-06-221998-06-2210
Washington County50023CCounty1612013-03-192013-03-191610
Windham County50025CCounty1602007-09-282007-09-281603
Windsor County50027CCounty2412007-09-282007-09-282411
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.

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.

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