Blog · October 14, 2026 · Texas
Gun Barrel City Flood Zone Map, Texas: a practical guide
The zone on FEMA's map affects insurance, building and resale near Enchanted Oaks.
Main page: Henderson County, TX GIS & Parcel Viewer (official map link, county facts and neighboring maps).
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Before an offer near Payne Springs, check the Gun Barrel City flood zone map: a mapped flood zone changes insurance, permits and resale. Covered here for Gun Barrel City: finding the address on FEMA's map, decoding A, AE and X, and pairing it with the Henderson CAD interactive map.
Checking the Gun Barrel City flood zone map step by step
Start with FEMA's Flood Map Service Center: type an address near Mabank, and choose the dynamic map. A tract near Seven Points without an address can still be found: search the nearest road and click inside the land.
Pulling up a parcel
Property in and around Seven Points appear on the Henderson CAD interactive map, which opens without registering. For a parcel near Eustace, put in a street address, an owner's name or a parcel number, and the matching parcel lights up. With a lot near Seven Points, the record panel normally shows the owner of record, acreage on the tax roll, a parcel ID and often a sale date.
Reading the legal description
Older tracts around Enchanted Oaks commonly use metes-and-bounds descriptions, which trace the boundary call by call. Subdivision lots in Eustace refer to a recorded plat, making them easier to find. Keep the legal description for land near Tool when you talk to a surveyor.
Land on the county line
Henderson County borders Anderson County, Cherokee County, Ellis County, Freestone County, and Kaufman County, all with their own assessor records. A tract near the line by Seven Points can be split across two assessors' files, so check the adjacent map as well. For a parcel near Tool, our state page links every bordering county map for Texas.
Henderson County in a few facts
Athens holds the county offices, home to the main records offices. Other places on the map include Mabank, Tool, Enchanted Oaks, and Payne Springs, where town lots give way to larger tracts. Around 86,158 people live in Henderson County (Census estimate, 2023) spread over roughly 874 square miles. Henderson County was organized in 1846, and some chains of title near Eustace are long.
Where Gun Barrel City fits in
Gun Barrel City is part of Henderson County, Texas, which means parcel data comes from the county. For acreage around Mabank, City or town hall handles matters such as zoning, permits and utilities within town limits, and the county still keeps the parcel and deed records. Lots just outside the city limits toward Eustace often follows county rules rather than the town's.
Using it on a phone
Most viewers work in a phone browser, useful out on a road near Enchanted Oaks, but coverage can be spotty out of town. A saved image of the lot near Tool and its lines keeps working without signal.
Zones on the Gun Barrel City flood zone map
An AE label comes with a base flood elevation, and an unnumbered A zone has none; surveyors near Enchanted Oaks use that number. Near Tool, a low-risk label isn't a guarantee: FEMA notes that floods happen outside mapped zones too.
Beyond the mapped zones
Low-lying fields near Tool may not have detailed mapping, so walk the land after rain. Wetlands near Tool can limit building even outside a flood zone; check the National Wetlands Inventory mapper for a first look.
A short flood checklist
Ask the seller about past flood claims for the house near Enchanted Oaks; an insurance quote early keeps the budget honest.
Before you lean on the lines
Tax maps are drawn for assessment, not surveyed, so the edge of a yard near Mabank may sit some distance off the line on screen. If you're looking near Eustace, records update in batches, so a deed recorded last month might lag behind.
Use the county map alongside FEMA
FEMA's map shows zones but not ownership, so check the Henderson CAD interactive map too for the outline of the tract near Eustace.
Lenders and permits
For a structure inside an A or V zone and the loan is federally backed or regulated, the lender will require flood insurance where the community participates in the National Flood Insurance Program, which applies near Seven Points as much as anywhere. Remodeling a house in a zone near Eustace usually means extra permit review; call the permitting office early.
Quick answers
Is my property near Eustace in a flood zone?
For most people, FEMA's free map shows the zone for any spot near Seven Points, and the zone code appears on the map.
What is a base flood elevation for land near Tool?
Short answer: the BFE is printed in AE zones on FEMA's map; surveyors near Enchanted Oaks use it often.
Can a property in Zone X near Seven Points flood?
For most people, Zone X near Tool means moderate (shaded) or minimal (unshaded) mapped risk; many owners near Eustace buy coverage anyway.
What is a LOMA for land near Enchanted Oaks?
Short answer: FEMA's LOMA process is the usual route when a building near Eustace sits above the base flood elevation; it starts with an elevation survey.
Who do I call about a parcel near Tool?
For a tract near Payne Springs, values are the appraisal district's job; recorded documents belong to the County Clerk, while zoning questions go to planning
Open the official Henderson 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.