Blog · October 14, 2026 · Texas
Gatesville Flood Zone Map: checking a property's flood zone
Flood zones are set by FEMA, and checking one near Oglesby takes a few minutes.
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Weighing a property around Evant? The Gatesville flood zone map tells you whether FEMA puts it in a high-risk zone, and no account is needed. In this Gatesville guide: locating a parcel on FEMA's map, decoding A, AE and X, and pairing it with the Coryell County ArcGIS parcel map.
The Gatesville flood zone map: start here
The official source is FEMA's Flood Map Service Center: search an address around South Mountain, and choose the dynamic map. Rural land near Evant with no street number can still be found: pan from the closest town then click the parcel area.
Opening the official parcel viewer
Go first to the Coryell County ArcGIS parcel map; it maps every tax parcel from Oglesby to Evant. For acreage around Copperas Cove, type a street address, an owner's name or a parcel number, and the viewer zooms to the match. For a parcel near South Mountain, the parcel card normally shows the owner of record, assessed acreage, the parcel number and sometimes recent sales.
Low spots and local drainage
Small streams around Evant may not have detailed mapping, so look for water marks and debris lines. Wet ground around Oglesby is a separate issue from flood zones; the National Wetlands Inventory mapper shows mapped wetlands.
Field tips
The parcel map usually runs in a mobile browser, handy when you're parked on a road near South Mountain, though signal can drop in rural spots. A screenshot of the parcel near Copperas Cove with its ID keeps working without signal.
Coryell County in a few facts
Gatesville serves as the county seat, home to the main records offices. Smaller places on the map include South Mountain, Oglesby, McGregor, and Copperas Cove, each with its own cluster of lots. Roughly 84,878 people call Coryell County home (Census estimate, 2023) on some 1,052 square miles. The county dates to 1854, and some chains of title near Oglesby are long.
Questions to ask before you buy
Ask the seller for any Elevation Certificate for the house near McGregor; getting a quote early keeps the budget honest.
Gatesville, TX: the basics
Gatesville lies within Coryell County, Texas, and the county assessor maps its lots. Gatesville is also the county seat, so deeds and plats are filed in town. For a home near Evant, city or town hall handles matters such as zoning, permits and utilities within town limits, while the county keeps the tax map. Acreage past the city limits toward McGregor generally falls under county rules, not municipal ones.
Zones on the Gatesville flood zone map
For property near Oglesby, any A or V zone are Special Flood Hazard Areas, land with a 1-percent chance of flooding in any year. If the land is near Evant, shaded Zone X marks moderate flood hazard, roughly the 100- to 500-year range; plain X, or C on older maps, is minimal risk.
Matching the zone to the lot lines
FEMA's map shows zones but not ownership, so open the Coryell County ArcGIS parcel map next for the outline of the tract near McGregor.
Sections, lots and bearings
Tracts outside towns near Oglesby are often described by metes and bounds, a series of courses and distances from a starting point. Platted lots around South Mountain usually use lot and block from a recorded plat instead, making them easier to find. Keep the legal description for land near Evant for any title or survey request.
Backing up the map with records
When the details count, pull the recorded deed from the County Clerk; the parcel map near Copperas Cove only summarizes it. Long-held tracts near South Mountain may trace back through many deeds, so a title company earns its fee on a real sale.
Land on the county line
Coryell County borders Bell County, Bosque County, Hamilton County, Lampasas County, and McLennan County, and each of those keeps its own parcel map. Acreage along the edge near South Mountain can be split in two county records, so check the neighboring map too. Out toward Oglesby, the Platbookmapper state page links each neighboring county map across Texas.
Lenders and permits
For a structure inside an A or V zone and a federally regulated lender is involved, the lender will require flood insurance in communities in the NFIP. Building or adding on near South Mountain in a mapped zone often needs a floodplain permit; ask the local floodplain administrator early.
Questions about the Gatesville flood zone map
Where can I see the Gatesville flood zone map for free?
It depends, but FEMA's free map shows the zone for any spot near Copperas Cove; then confirm the parcel on the county viewer.
Is AE a high-risk flood zone for land near South Mountain?
For most people, both are high-risk zones, but only AE has a base flood elevation, so builders near Oglesby design to that elevation.
Can I see flood zones on the county ArcGIS parcel map near McGregor?
Generally, a flood layer may appear in the Coryell County ArcGIS parcel map layer list, though it can lag behind FEMA's current panels.
Will my lender require flood insurance near McGregor?
For most people, lenders generally require it for buildings near McGregor in a Special Flood Hazard Area when the loan is federally regulated or insured; outside those zones it's your call.
What is a parcel ID near Evant?
It's the number the appraisal district uses to track a tract near McGregor; you'll see it in the viewer and on tax statements.
Open the official Coryell 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.