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Flood map coverage in Washington

FEMA's National Flood Hazard Layer holds 3,451 FIRM panels for Washington from 29 digital flood map databases, reaching 26 of its 39 counties. Computed September 29, 2026.

3,451FIRM panels
35%took effect before September 29, 2016
2025-04-23newest panel (53009C0739F)
127LOMRs in effect

What to expect from lookups here

A real lookup in Washington

The point is the Census internal point of Clallam County, the county with Washington'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=48.1109 -d lon=-123.88986
Response 200
{
  "query": {
    "lat": 48.1109,
    "lon": -123.88986
  },
  "location": {
    "lat": 48.1109,
    "lon": -123.88986,
    "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": "53009C",
    "polygon_id": "53009C_13411",
    "at_zone_boundary": false,
    "other_zones": []
  },
  "firm_panel": {
    "panel": "53009C1085F",
    "effective_date": "2025-04-23",
    "panel_type": "Countywide, Panel Printed",
    "dfirm_id": "53009C",
    "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": 48.1109,
      "lon": -123.88986
    },
    "queried_at": "2026-09-29T08:38:02Z",
    "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 Washington

MapDFIRM IDID typePanelsNewest panelOldest panelOver 10 years oldLOMRs in effect
Adams County53001CCounty702009-01-162009-01-16700
Chelan County530015Community-numbered62004-09-302004-09-3060
City of Anacortes530317Community-numbered112003-09-172003-09-17110
City of Cashmere530016Community-numbered22004-09-302004-09-3020
City of Chehalis530104Community-numbered62006-07-172006-07-1760
Clallam County53009CCounty2392025-04-232025-04-2300
Clark County53011CCounty1622023-11-022012-09-051156
Cowlitz County53015CCounty1852015-12-162015-12-161852
Ferry County53019CCounty942006-05-022006-05-02941
Grant County53025CCounty892009-02-182009-02-18830
Grays Harbor County53027CCounty1622020-09-182017-02-0302
Island County53029CCounty542017-03-072017-03-07010
Jefferson County53031CCounty1312019-06-072019-06-0703
King County53033CCounty2602020-08-192020-08-19012
Kitsap County53035CCounty882017-02-032010-11-04271
Kittitas County53037CCounty2122021-09-242021-09-2409
Klickitat County53039CCounty1122025-02-142025-02-1400
Lewis County530102Community-numbered322023-08-152006-07-17121
Mason County53045CCounty752019-06-202019-06-2002
Pacific County53049CCounty802015-05-182015-05-18801
Pierce County53053CCounty2852025-02-282017-03-07057
San Juan County53055CCounty622018-06-202018-06-2001
Skamania County53059CCounty922024-05-222024-05-2200
Snohomish County53061CCounty1702020-06-191999-11-08261
Spokane County53063CCounty1282010-07-062010-07-0612815
Thurston County53067CCounty1762024-05-082012-10-16250
Town of Napavine530254Community-numbered42006-07-172006-07-1741
Whatcom County53073CCounty1752019-01-182004-01-16731
Yakima County53077CCounty2892021-10-212009-11-182541
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