Blog · October 14, 2026 · Mississippi
Reading the Coahoma County Flood Zone Map for a parcel
Flood zones are set by FEMA, and checking one near Burke Landing takes a few minutes.
Main page: Coahoma County, MS GIS & Parcel Viewer (official map link, county facts and neighboring maps).
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Ahead of any purchase around Rena Lara, pull up the Coahoma County flood zone map: the zone on that map shapes insurance, building rules and resale. Covered here for this county: locating a parcel on FEMA's map, decoding A, AE and X, and matching it with the county parcel viewer for land near Dublin.
Where the Coahoma County flood zone map lives
Flood zones come from FEMA's Flood Map Service Center: type an address near Lyon, and pick the FIRMette or map view. Vacant ground around Rena Lara can still be found: zoom in from the nearest road and click the spot.
Where the parcel data lives
Your first stop is the Coahoma County ArcGIS parcel map; it maps every tax parcel in the county, Burke Landing included. When a rural tract has no street number, follow the nearest road on the aerial and select the outline, which applies near Rena Lara as much as anywhere. For acreage around Rena Lara, save the parcel ID before closing the panel; every clerk in the county uses it to find the file.
When a parcel crosses a boundary
The county borders Phillips County, AR, Bolivar County, Quitman County, Sunflower County, and Tallahatchie County, all with their own assessor records for land near Burke Landing. Acreage along the edge near Farrell can be split across two assessors' files, so check the adjacent map too. Closer to Farrell, our state page lists every bordering county map across Mississippi.
Backing up the map with records
If you're looking near Rena Lara, the map is an index, not the title: deeds, plats and easements for parcels in the county sit with the Chancery Clerk. Long-held tracts near Rena Lara can go back through many deeds, so a title company can sort it out on a real sale.
Reading A, AE and X
For property near Farrell, zones beginning with A or V are Special Flood Hazard Areas, meaning a 1% or greater chance of flooding each year. Out toward Bobo, shaded Zone X is moderate risk, between the 1% and 0.2% annual chance floods; unshaded X means minimal mapped risk.
Use the county map alongside FEMA
FEMA's map shows zones but not ownership, so pair it with the Coahoma County ArcGIS parcel map for the outline of the tract near Lyon.
Lenders and permits
If a building sits in a Special Flood Hazard Area and a federally regulated lender is involved, mandatory purchase rules apply where the community participates in the National Flood Insurance Program, and that holds around Friars Point too. Remodeling a house in a zone near Lula usually means extra permit review; ask the local floodplain administrator early.
A short flood checklist
If the land is near Jonestown, request about past flood claims before closing; an insurance quote early keeps the budget honest.
Field tips
The parcel map usually runs in a mobile browser, handy when you're parked on a road near Clarksdale, but coverage can be spotty out of town. A saved image of the lot near Rena Lara and its lines helps when you meet an owner or agent.
How land is described here
Mississippi uses the Public Land Survey System, so deeds around Friars Point reference sections and townships. Each section is nominally a mile square, about 640 acres, with 36 sections to a township, though real sections near Farrell vary in size. Copy the legal description from the record for the parcel near Jonestown for any title or survey request.
Low spots and local drainage
Creeks and ditches near Lula may not have detailed mapping, so walk the land after rain. Marshy spots near Burke Landing can limit building too; the National Wetlands Inventory mapper shows mapped wetlands.
Which office to call
Deeds, mortgages and recorded plats for land near Lyon are with the Chancery Clerk, sometimes only in person. Building or septic questions for a lot near Farrell are for the local planning and health departments, town or county, depending on location.
A quick look at the area
Clarksdale is the county seat, where most land records are kept. Other places on the map include Friars Point, Jonestown, Lula, and Lyon, where town lots give way to larger tracts. About 20,077 people live in Coahoma County (Census estimate, 2023) on roughly 553 square miles. The county was organized in 1836, and some chains of title near Friars Point are long.
Questions about the Coahoma County flood zone map
Can I challenge a flood zone near Bobo?
For most people, you can ask FEMA for a LOMA if surveyed elevations show the building near Burke Landing is above the BFE; a surveyor's elevation data supports it.
Where can I see the Coahoma County flood zone map for free?
Good question; look up the spot near Lyon in FEMA's National Flood Hazard Layer viewer, which takes a couple of minutes.
Does the county parcel map show flood zones in Coahoma County?
Good question; a flood layer may appear in the Coahoma County ArcGIS parcel map layer list, but FEMA's own map is the official source.
When is flood insurance required near Farrell?
For a parcel near Rena Lara, it's typically required only for structures in high-risk zones with federally backed loans; elsewhere it's optional.
Why do offices ask for the parcel ID for land near Lula?
Every office uses it to pull the same file for land near Dublin; you'll see it in the viewer and on tax statements.
Open the official Coahoma County, MS 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.