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”.
Next Step
Earthquake Screening
|