Blog · October 14, 2026 · Texas
Crockett Flood Zone Map, Texas: a practical guide
The zone on FEMA's map affects insurance, building and resale near Kennard.
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Before an offer near Lovelady, pull up the Crockett flood zone map: FEMA's zone label affects insurance, permits and resale. Covered here for Crockett: locating a parcel on FEMA's map, reading the zone codes, and confirming the outline on the county map.
Where the Crockett flood zone map lives
Start with FEMA's Flood Map Service Center: search an address around Latexo, and choose the dynamic map. Vacant ground around Lovelady can still be found: zoom in from the nearest road and click the spot.
Pulling up a parcel
Go first to the Houston County parcel viewer; it covers each assessed parcel from Latexo to Lovelady. If you're looking near Latexo, enter a street address, an owner's name or a parcel number, then pick the result to center the map on it. With a lot near Lovelady, a pop-up or side panel typically gives the owner of record, assessed acreage, a parcel ID and sometimes recent sales.
Crockett and the county around it
Crockett lies within Houston County, Texas, and the county assessor maps its lots. As the county seat, Crockett hosts the courthouse, handy when you need recorded documents. For a parcel near Latexo, the municipality handles things like zoning, permits and utilities for lots inside the boundary, while the county keeps the tax map. Lots just outside the city limits toward Grapeland generally follows county rules, not municipal ones.
Zones on the Crockett flood zone map
An AE label includes a base flood elevation (BFE), and an unnumbered A zone has none; builders around Latexo design to it. For property near Grapeland, a shaded X area is moderate risk, between the 1% and 0.2% annual chance floods; plain X, or C on older maps, means minimal mapped risk.
Use the county map alongside FEMA
If only part of a parcel near Kennard is shaded, the location of the house or building pad decides a lot.
A quick look at the area
Crockett is the county seat, home to the main records offices. Smaller places on the map include Latexo, Grapeland, Lovelady, and Kennard, each with its own cluster of lots. Roughly 22,066 people call Houston County home (Census estimate, 2023) on some 1,231 square miles. Houston County dates to 1837, so old deeds can run back a long way. Features like Davy Crockett National Forest make handy reference points on the map near Kennard.
What a flood zone means for a buyer
With a lot near Kennard, get the Elevation Certificate if one exists: it can change the insurance price a lot. Remodeling a house in a zone near Latexo often needs a floodplain permit; ask the local floodplain administrator early.
Beyond the mapped zones
Small streams around Latexo may not have detailed mapping, so ask neighbors about past flooding. Wet ground around Latexo is a separate issue from flood zones; the National Wetlands Inventory mapper shows mapped wetlands.
Getting answers from the right desk
For assessment questions about property around Lovelady go to the appraisal district, since that office keeps the assessment data. Zoning, permits and septic questions near Latexo are for the local planning and health departments, depending on whether the land is inside town limits.
Where the recorded documents are
Before you sign anything, pull the recorded deed through the County Clerk; the parcel map near Lovelady only summarizes it. Long-held tracts around Lovelady can sit on many deeds, and a title company is worth hiring on a real sale.
Reading the legal description
Tracts outside towns near Kennard are often described by metes and bounds, listing bearings, distances and landmarks. Platted lots around Kennard usually use lot and block from a recorded plat instead, making them easier to find. Keep the legal description for land near Lovelady for any title or survey request.
A short flood checklist
Request whether the home has flooded on the property near Latexo; getting a quote early avoids surprises.
Neighboring parcel maps
Houston County borders Anderson County, Angelina County, Cherokee County, Leon County, and Madison County, and each of those keeps its own parcel map. Acreage along the edge near Grapeland may show up in two county records, so open the adjacent map before you assume the acreage. Near Lovelady, our state page lists each neighboring county map across Texas.
Frequently asked
How often are flood maps updated for land near Lovelady?
It depends, but a new study can move a zone line near Lovelady; your community is notified before changes take effect.
Why does the BFE matter near Latexo?
It depends, but a BFE near Latexo tells builders how high the lowest floor should be; surveyors near Grapeland use it often.
Can I see flood zones on the Houston County parcel viewer?
A flood layer may appear in the Houston County parcel viewer layer list; confirm a lot near Lovelady on FEMA's map either way.
Is AE a high-risk flood zone for land near Latexo?
It depends, but both are high-risk zones, but only AE has a base flood elevation, which shapes building rules near Latexo.
Does the parcel map work on a phone around Latexo?
Out toward Lovelady, most viewers run in a mobile browser; screenshots help offline.
Open the official Houston County, TX 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.