Blog · October 14, 2026 · Utah
Carbon County Flood Zone Map: checking a property's flood zone
Flood zones are set by FEMA, and checking one near Clear Creek takes a few minutes.
Main page: Carbon County, UT GIS & Parcel Viewer (official map link, county facts and neighboring maps).
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Before an offer near Helper, check the Carbon County flood zone map: a mapped flood zone changes insurance, permits and resale. Covered here for Carbon County: locating a parcel on FEMA's map, reading the zone codes, and confirming the outline on the county map.
Checking the Carbon County flood zone map step by step
Out toward Carbonville, the official source is FEMA's Flood Map Service Center: enter the street address, then open the map view for that panel. Vacant ground around Kenilworth can still be found: search the nearest road and click inside the land.
Where the parcel data lives
The public parcel map for this area is the Carbon County parcel viewer, and anyone can open it without signing up. When a rural tract has no street number, pan along the nearest road and click the parcel itself, for land near Clear Creek included. If you're looking near Spring Glen, a pop-up or side panel typically gives the owner of record, assessed acreage, the parcel number and in many cases the last transfer.
Legal descriptions in Utah
Utah uses the Public Land Survey System, so deeds around Price reference sections and townships. Each section is nominally a mile square, about 640 acres, and a township holds 36 of them, though real sections near West Wood vary in size. Write down the legal description for the tract near Manti National Forest for any title or survey request.
Taking the map into the field
The parcel map usually runs in a mobile browser, handy when you're parked on a road near Clear Creek, though signal can drop in rural spots. A screenshot of the parcel near East Carbon with its ID is a good backup.
Low spots and local drainage
Creeks and ditches near Kenilworth may not have detailed mapping, so walk the land after rain. Wetlands near Scofield State Park can limit building even outside a flood zone; check the National Wetlands Inventory mapper for a first look.
A quick look at the area
Price serves as the county seat, which is where the courthouse records live. Other places on the map include East Carbon, Helper, Wellington, and Scofield. Roughly 20,609 people call Carbon County home (Census estimate, 2023) on roughly 1,479 square miles. The county was organized in 1894, and some chains of title near Wellington are long. Landmarks such as Manti National Forest help you orient on the aerial.
What the zone letters mean
Around Spring Glen, any A or V zone mark the Special Flood Hazard Area, land with a 1-percent chance of flooding in any year. For land near Spring Glen, a shaded X area marks moderate flood hazard, roughly the 100- to 500-year range; plain X, or C on older maps, is minimal risk.
When a parcel crosses a boundary
Carbon County touches Duchesne County, Emery County, Grand County, Sanpete County, and Uintah County; every one of them runs a separate parcel map. A tract near the line by Kenilworth can be split in two county records, so check the neighboring map as well. For acreage around Spring Glen, our state page links every bordering county map for Utah.
Lining it up with the parcel map
FEMA doesn't draw property lines, so open the Carbon County parcel viewer next to see exactly which lot near East Carbon you're looking at.
A word on accuracy
In and around Carbonville, listed acreage is an assessed number; just a licensed surveyor establishes the real boundary on the ground. For acreage around Price, owner names and values update on a schedule, so a deed recorded last month may not show yet.
Money questions tied to the zone
If the land is near Spring Glen, an Elevation Certificate from a surveyor helps: it records the building's elevation against the base flood. Remodeling a house in a zone near Spring Glen often needs a floodplain permit; call the permitting office before you plan.
Offices that can help
Anything recorded against property around Carbonville sit in the index kept by the County Recorder, sometimes only in person. Building or septic questions for a lot near Kenilworth need the planning or permitting office, town or county, depending on location.
What to request from a seller
For a tract near Kenilworth, request about past flood claims before closing; an insurance quote early keeps the budget honest.
Questions about the Carbon County flood zone map
Is my property near Clear Creek in a flood zone?
In most cases, look up the spot near Carbonville in FEMA's National Flood Hazard Layer viewer; then confirm the parcel on the county viewer.
What is the difference between Zone A and AE near Scofield State Park?
For a tract near Scofield, both are high-risk zones, but only AE has a base flood elevation; unnumbered A zones don't list one.
Will my lender require flood insurance near East Carbon?
With a lot near Scofield, it's typically required only for structures in high-risk zones with federally backed loans; outside those zones it's your call.
Do I need to worry about flooding in Zone X in Carbon County?
It depends, but Zone X near Kenilworth means moderate (shaded) or minimal (unshaded) mapped risk, and floods still happen outside high-risk zones.
What is a parcel ID near Manti National Forest?
Every office uses it to pull the same file for land near Scofield, and it's on the record panel and tax bills.
Open the official Carbon County, UT 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.