Blog · October 14, 2026 · North Dakota
Burleigh County Flood Zone Map: checking a property's flood zone
The zone on FEMA's map affects insurance, building and resale near Canfield Lake National Wildlife Refuge.
Main page: Burleigh County, ND GIS & Parcel Viewer (official map link, county facts and neighboring maps).
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Before an offer near Bismarck, look at the Burleigh County flood zone map: a mapped flood zone changes insurance, permits and resale. What this Burleigh County guide covers: locating a parcel on FEMA's map, reading the zone codes, and matching it with the county parcel viewer.
The Burleigh County flood zone map: start here
For a more interactive look, use the National Flood Hazard Layer viewer, which lets you click a spot and read its zone, whether the land is near Regan or elsewhere in the county. Vacant ground around Canfield Lake National Wildlife Refuge can still be found: search the nearest road then click the parcel area.
Pulling up a parcel
The official parcel map for this area is the Burleigh County parcel viewer, and anyone can open it without signing up. When a rural tract has no street number, pan along Interstate 94 and select the outline. Closer to Driscoll, the parcel card usually lists the owner of record, acreage on the tax roll, the parcel number and often a sale date.
Neighboring parcel maps
Burleigh County borders Emmons County, Kidder County, McLean County, Morton County, and Oliver County; every one of them runs a separate parcel map. Acreage along the edge near Canfield Lake National Wildlife Refuge may be split in two county records, so look at the adjacent map as well. For a tract near Apple Valley, the Platbookmapper state page links every neighboring county map for North Dakota.
What the zone letters mean
If the land is near Bismarck, A and V zones mark the Special Flood Hazard Area, which FEMA defines as a 1% annual chance of flooding. Near Lincoln, a low-risk label isn't a guarantee: FEMA notes that floods happen outside mapped zones too.
Lining it up with the parcel map
If only part of a parcel near Florence Lake National Wildlife Refuge is shaded, what matters is where the building sits.
How land is described here
North Dakota is laid out under the Public Land Survey System, so rural legal descriptions near Bismarck cite section, township and range. Each section is nominally a mile square, about 640 acres, and a township holds 36 of them, though real sections near Florence Lake National Wildlife Refuge vary in size. Copy the legal description from the record for the parcel near Driscoll for any title or survey request.
What a flood zone means for a buyer
Near Bismarck, an Elevation Certificate from a surveyor helps: it records the building's elevation against the base flood. Building or adding on near Menoken in a mapped zone often needs a floodplain permit; check with the county or town building office early.
A short flood checklist
For a parcel near Regan, ask the listing agent about past flood claims before closing; getting a quote early keeps the budget honest.
On site with the map
The parcel map usually runs in a mobile browser, handy when you're parked on a road near Bismarck, so load it before you lose signal. A printout of the tract near Driscoll is a good backup.
Deeds, plats and who keeps them
When the details count, pull the recorded deed from the County Recorder; the parcel line is a drawing of it, which applies near Menoken as much as anywhere. On ground around Apple Valley, have ready the instrument number shown in the record panel and the lookup takes minutes.
Which office to call
Deeds, mortgages and recorded plats for land near Wing are with the County Recorder, usually searchable by name or document number. Zoning, permits and septic questions near Arena go to planning, building or health offices, depending on whether the land is inside town limits.
Before you lean on the lines
With a lot near Arena, acreage on the record is a tax-roll number; just a licensed surveyor establishes the real boundary on the ground. If the land is near Lincoln, owner names and values update on a schedule, so a deed recorded last month might lag behind.
Water near Canfield Lake National Wildlife Refuge
Low-lying fields near Menoken may not have detailed mapping, so walk the land after rain. Wetlands near Arena can limit building even outside a flood zone; check the National Wetlands Inventory mapper for a first look.
Questions about the Burleigh County flood zone map
What is a base flood elevation around Wilton?
Usually, the BFE is printed in AE zones on FEMA's map; surveyors near Canfield Lake National Wildlife Refuge use it often.
What is a LOMA around Canfield Lake National Wildlife Refuge?
For most people, you can ask FEMA for a LOMA if surveyed elevations show the building near Bismarck is above the BFE; a surveyor's elevation data supports it.
Why did my flood zone near Lincoln change?
Good question; a new study can move a zone line near Baldwin; your community is notified before changes take effect.
How can I tell if a house near Baldwin is in a flood zone?
Good question; look up the spot near Menoken in FEMA's National Flood Hazard Layer viewer, which takes a couple of minutes.
What's the tax parcel number used for in Burleigh County?
It's the number the Director of Tax Equalization uses to track a tract near Florence Lake National Wildlife Refuge; you'll see it in the viewer and on tax statements.
Open the official Burleigh County, ND parcel map See it in the Platbookmapper directory
Not a survey. County GIS and tax parcel maps are assessment and planning layers. They are not a substitute for a recorded plat, deed, or licensed survey, especially for fences, setbacks, or boundary disputes.