Blog · October 14, 2026 · Mississippi
Corinth Flood Zone Map, Mississippi: a practical guide
The zone on FEMA's map affects insurance, building and resale near Glen.
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Weighing a property around Farmington? Checking the Corinth flood zone map reveals whether the lot falls inside a mapped floodplain, and the lookup is free. In this Corinth guide: locating a parcel on FEMA's map, decoding A, AE and X, and pairing it with the Alcorn County ArcGIS parcel map.
Where the Corinth flood zone map lives
The official source is FEMA's Flood Map Service Center: search an address around Rienzi, then open the map view for that panel. Rural land near Kossuth with no street number can still be found: zoom in from US Route 45 and click the spot.
Pulling up a parcel
Parcels around Rienzi can be looked up on the Alcorn County ArcGIS parcel map, free to use and open without a login. Without an address in hand, pan along US Route 45 and select the outline. With a lot near Rienzi, the record panel normally shows the owner of record, acreage on the tax roll, a parcel ID and often a sale date.
Offices that can help
Anything recorded against property around Rienzi come from the Chancery Clerk, usually searchable by name or document number. Questions about what you can build around Kossuth are for the local planning and health departments, town or county, depending on location.
Neighboring parcel maps
Alcorn County meets Prentiss County, Tippah County, Tishomingo County, Hardeman County, TN, and Hardin County, TN, all with their own assessor records. A tract near the line by Kossuth can be split in two county records, so look at the adjacent map as well. If the land is near Farmington, our state page links every bordering county map for Mississippi.
Low spots and local drainage
Creeks and ditches near Rienzi may not have detailed mapping, so look for water marks and debris lines. Marshy spots near Kossuth can limit building too; check the National Wetlands Inventory mapper for a first look.
Corinth, MS: the basics
Corinth lies within Alcorn County, Mississippi, which means parcel data comes from the county. As the county seat, Corinth hosts the courthouse, handy when you need recorded documents. In and around Kossuth, city or town hall handles matters such as zoning, permits and utilities within town limits, while the county keeps the tax map. Lots just outside the city limits out by Rienzi usually follows county rules rather than the town's.
Zones on the Corinth flood zone map
An AE label comes with a base flood elevation, which plain A zones lack; surveyors near Glen use that number. If the land is near Rienzi, shaded Zone X is moderate risk, between the 1% and 0.2% annual chance floods; unshaded X is minimal risk.
Questions to ask before you buy
Ask the seller about past flood claims on the property near Glen; getting a quote early keeps the budget honest.
Taking the map into the field
The parcel map usually runs in a mobile browser, which helps when you're standing on land near Kossuth, but coverage can be spotty out of town. A printout of the tract near Rienzi helps when you meet an owner or agent.
Legal descriptions in Mississippi
Mississippi uses the Public Land Survey System, so deeds around Rienzi reference sections and townships. Each section is nominally a mile square, about 640 acres, and a township holds 36 of them, though corrections make some sections near Farmington odd-sized. Copy the legal description from the record for the parcel near Kossuth for any title or survey request.
A word on accuracy
Tax maps are drawn for assessment, not measured on the ground, so the edge of a yard near Farmington often sits several feet off the line on screen. For a tract near Kossuth, owner names and values update on a schedule, so a deed recorded last month might lag behind.
Parcel lines plus flood zones
FEMA doesn't draw property lines, so check the Alcorn County ArcGIS parcel map too to see exactly which lot near Kossuth you're looking at.
What a flood zone means for a buyer
For land near Kossuth, ask for an Elevation Certificate: it compares the building to the BFE. Building or adding on near Rienzi in a mapped zone usually means extra permit review; ask the local floodplain administrator before you plan.
Quick answers
What is a base flood elevation around Kossuth?
The BFE is printed in AE zones on FEMA's map; surveyors near Farmington use it often.
Do I need flood insurance in Corinth?
In most cases, for a building near Glen in an A or V zone with a federally backed or regulated mortgage, it's generally required; outside those zones it's your call.
What is a LOMA for land near Rienzi?
Generally, you can ask FEMA for a LOMA if surveyed elevations show the building near Kossuth is above the BFE, and lenders accept the result.
How can I tell if a house near Rienzi is in a flood zone?
Short answer: FEMA's free map shows the zone for any spot near Rienzi, which takes a couple of minutes.
How do I save a parcel from the viewer around Farmington?
Some viewers offer PDF export; include the record panel for the lot near Rienzi.
Open the official Alcorn 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.