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
- 13 counties have no digital FIRM in the NFHL (listed below). Points there come back
"mapped": false. - 6 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 Anacortes (530317), last revised 2003-09-17.
- 6 panels carry a placeholder effective date in FEMA's data; for points on those panels
firm_panel.effective_dateisnull.
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.
curl -sG https://api.floodzoneapi.com/api/v1/flood/zone \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $FZA_KEY" \
-d lat=48.1109 -d lon=-123.88986{
"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
| Map | DFIRM ID | ID type | Panels | Newest panel | Oldest panel | Over 10 years old | LOMRs in effect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams County | 53001C | County | 70 | 2009-01-16 | 2009-01-16 | 70 | 0 |
| Chelan County | 530015 | Community-numbered | 6 | 2004-09-30 | 2004-09-30 | 6 | 0 |
| City of Anacortes | 530317 | Community-numbered | 11 | 2003-09-17 | 2003-09-17 | 11 | 0 |
| City of Cashmere | 530016 | Community-numbered | 2 | 2004-09-30 | 2004-09-30 | 2 | 0 |
| City of Chehalis | 530104 | Community-numbered | 6 | 2006-07-17 | 2006-07-17 | 6 | 0 |
| Clallam County | 53009C | County | 239 | 2025-04-23 | 2025-04-23 | 0 | 0 |
| Clark County | 53011C | County | 162 | 2023-11-02 | 2012-09-05 | 115 | 6 |
| Cowlitz County | 53015C | County | 185 | 2015-12-16 | 2015-12-16 | 185 | 2 |
| Ferry County | 53019C | County | 94 | 2006-05-02 | 2006-05-02 | 94 | 1 |
| Grant County | 53025C | County | 89 | 2009-02-18 | 2009-02-18 | 83 | 0 |
| Grays Harbor County | 53027C | County | 162 | 2020-09-18 | 2017-02-03 | 0 | 2 |
| Island County | 53029C | County | 54 | 2017-03-07 | 2017-03-07 | 0 | 10 |
| Jefferson County | 53031C | County | 131 | 2019-06-07 | 2019-06-07 | 0 | 3 |
| King County | 53033C | County | 260 | 2020-08-19 | 2020-08-19 | 0 | 12 |
| Kitsap County | 53035C | County | 88 | 2017-02-03 | 2010-11-04 | 27 | 1 |
| Kittitas County | 53037C | County | 212 | 2021-09-24 | 2021-09-24 | 0 | 9 |
| Klickitat County | 53039C | County | 112 | 2025-02-14 | 2025-02-14 | 0 | 0 |
| Lewis County | 530102 | Community-numbered | 32 | 2023-08-15 | 2006-07-17 | 12 | 1 |
| Mason County | 53045C | County | 75 | 2019-06-20 | 2019-06-20 | 0 | 2 |
| Pacific County | 53049C | County | 80 | 2015-05-18 | 2015-05-18 | 80 | 1 |
| Pierce County | 53053C | County | 285 | 2025-02-28 | 2017-03-07 | 0 | 57 |
| San Juan County | 53055C | County | 62 | 2018-06-20 | 2018-06-20 | 0 | 1 |
| Skamania County | 53059C | County | 92 | 2024-05-22 | 2024-05-22 | 0 | 0 |
| Snohomish County | 53061C | County | 170 | 2020-06-19 | 1999-11-08 | 26 | 1 |
| Spokane County | 53063C | County | 128 | 2010-07-06 | 2010-07-06 | 128 | 15 |
| Thurston County | 53067C | County | 176 | 2024-05-08 | 2012-10-16 | 25 | 0 |
| Town of Napavine | 530254 | Community-numbered | 4 | 2006-07-17 | 2006-07-17 | 4 | 1 |
| Whatcom County | 53073C | County | 175 | 2019-01-18 | 2004-01-16 | 73 | 1 |
| Yakima County | 53077C | County | 289 | 2021-10-21 | 2009-11-18 | 254 | 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.
- Asotin County (53003)
- Benton County (53005)
- Columbia County (53013)
- Douglas County (53017)
- Franklin County (53021)
- Garfield County (53023)
- Lincoln County (53043)
- Okanogan County (53047)
- Pend Oreille County (53051)
- Stevens County (53065)
- Wahkiakum County (53069)
- Walla Walla County (53071)
- Whitman County (53075)
Source: FEMA NFHL layers 1, 3 and 22 and the Census Bureau county gazetteer, computed September 29, 2026. All states ยท API reference