Step 6: Federal Emergency Management Agency Flood Maps Research 

Go to: 

http://msc.fema.gov/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/FemaWelcomeView?
storeId=10001&catalogId=10001&langId=-1 

 

Click on “Map Search” in the red bar near the top of the page.

A new window will open. 

No URL available. 

1. Select a Product: click on “Public Flood Map”, then in 2, enter the site address, city, state, zip code if you have it.

For our example, we will enter zip code 93523 and click on the “go” box. 

You are redirected to the following page. 

No URL available.

Click on the bullseye “Point” in the left margin, then place your cursor on the subject property location on the map and click your left mouse button once.

A new page will open. 

http://msc.fema.gov/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/MapSearchResult?
storeId=10001&catalogId=
10001&langId=-1&panelIDs=0600751625B$&Type=pbp&nonprinted=&unmapped

Click on the magnifying glass icon under “View”.  A new window will open to the Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) for your area. 

For our example, the following map is displayed.

http://map1.msc.fema.gov/idms/IntraView.cgi?KEY=24224334&IFIT=1

Click on the “Make a FIRMETTE” box on the bottom left margin.   

Three colored boxes will appear on the screen.

Move the pink box to the subject property vicinity.   

Click on the “Adobe pdf” icon in Step 3 to create a map to save and print for your records. 

You will have to be patient and experiment with this mapping service.   

For our example property, we have moved the pink box to our desired location. 

http://map1.msc.fema.gov/idms/IntraView.cgi?ROT=0&O_X=7400&O_Y=
5080&O_
ZM=0.041929&O_SX=620&O_SY=425&O_DPI=400&O_TH=24284902&O_
EN=24284902&O_PG=1&O_MP=1&CT=0&DI=0&WD=14800&HT=
10160&JX=1001&JY=
486&MPT=24284902&MPS=1&OBJMX=444&OBJMY=299&ACT=0&KEY=
24224334&ITEM=1
 

This is our FIRMette. 

http://map1.msc.fema.gov/idms/IntraView.cgi?ROT=0&O_X=7400&O_
Y=5080&O_
ZM=0.041929&O_SX=620&O_SY=425&O_DPI=400&O_TH=24284902&O_
EN=24284902&O_
PG=1&O_MP=1&CT=0&DI=0&WD=14800&HT=10160&JX=1001&JY=
486&MPT=24466193&MPS=1&ACT=0&KEY=24224334&ITEM=1&MKMPT=
PDF
 

You can save your map by clicking on the “Save your FIRMette” button near the top left of the map. 

For our example, the subject property is located in Zone A, defined as “Area of 100-year flood; base flood elevations and flood hazard factors not determined”.

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