Blog · October 14, 2026 · Wisconsin
Using the Hobart Flood Zone Map
The zone on FEMA's map affects insurance, building and resale near Green Bay.
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Weighing a property around Howard? A quick look at the Hobart flood zone map shows whether it sits in a FEMA flood zone, and it costs nothing to check. What this Hobart guide covers: finding the address on FEMA's map, reading the zone codes, and pairing it with the Brown County ArcGIS parcel map.
Checking the Hobart flood zone map step by step
Flood zones come from FEMA's Flood Map Service Center: type an address near De Pere, and pick the FIRMette or map view. A tract near De Pere without an address is still easy to locate: search the nearest road and click the spot.
Where the parcel data lives
Begin with the Brown County ArcGIS parcel map; it maps every assessed parcel in the county, Allouez included. When a rural tract has no street number, pan along the nearest road and click the parcel itself, and that holds around De Pere too. For property near Ashwaubenon, the parcel card normally shows the owner of record, assessed acreage, a parcel ID and in many cases the last transfer.
Where Hobart fits in
Hobart lies within Brown County, Wisconsin, and the county assessor maps its lots. With a lot near Green Bay, the municipality handles things like zoning, permits and utilities within town limits, but the county runs assessment and recording. Acreage past the city limits toward Ashwaubenon generally answers to county rules instead.
Questions to ask before you buy
Ask the seller whether the home has flooded for the house near Howard; an insurance quote early keeps the budget honest.
A quick look at the area
Green Bay serves as the county seat, home to the main records offices. You'll also find Ashwaubenon, De Pere, Howard, and Allouez, where town lots give way to larger tracts. Around 271,417 people live in Brown County (Census estimate, 2023) spread over some 530 square miles. Brown County was formed in 1818, and some chains of title near De Pere are long.
What the zone letters mean
For a tract near De Pere, zones beginning with A or V mark the Special Flood Hazard Area, meaning a 1% or greater chance of flooding each year. For acreage around Bellevue, 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.
On site with the map
Most viewers work in a phone browser, which helps when you're standing on land near Allouez, but coverage can be spotty out of town. A screenshot of the parcel near Allouez with its ID helps when you meet an owner or agent.
Matching the zone to the lot lines
FEMA doesn't draw property lines, so pair it with the Brown County ArcGIS parcel map for the outline of the tract near Green Bay.
Beyond the mapped zones
Creeks and ditches near Ashwaubenon may not have detailed mapping, so ask neighbors about past flooding. Wetlands near Howard can limit building even outside a flood zone; the National Wetlands Inventory mapper shows mapped wetlands.
Neighboring parcel maps
Brown County borders Calumet County, Door County, Kewaunee County, Manitowoc County, and Oconto County, all with their own assessor records. Acreage along the edge near Ashwaubenon may show up across two assessors' files, so look at the adjacent map as well. For a tract near Allouez, the Platbookmapper state page lists every neighboring county map for Wisconsin.
Sections, lots and bearings
Wisconsin is laid out under the Public Land Survey System, which means a tract near Ashwaubenon is described by section, township and range. A standard section is about one square mile, roughly 640 acres, with 36 sections to a township, though corrections make some sections near Bellevue odd-sized. Write down the legal description for the tract near De Pere for any title or survey request.
A word on accuracy
The acreage figure is an estimate; only a licensed surveyor sets the real lines for a parcel near Bellevue. Out toward De Pere, records update in batches, so a deed recorded last month might lag behind.
Money questions tied to the zone
Closer to Green Bay, get the Elevation Certificate if one exists: it records the building's elevation against the base flood. Building or adding on near Howard in a mapped zone often needs a floodplain permit; ask the local floodplain administrator early.
Hobart: common questions
What is a LOMA around Ashwaubenon?
Generally, FEMA's LOMA process is the usual route when a building near Howard sits above the base flood elevation; it starts with an elevation survey.
Where do I find the BFE for a lot near De Pere?
The base flood elevation is the water level expected in the 1% annual chance flood; surveyors near Howard use it often.
Do I need to worry about flooding in Zone X around De Pere?
It depends, but Zone X near Howard means moderate (shaded) or minimal (unshaded) mapped risk; FEMA notes that a large share of claims come from these areas.
Can a flood zone near Allouez change?
Short answer: a new study can move a zone line near Howard; check the effective date on the panel.
What's a legal description around Howard?
Near De Pere, Deeds use lot and block, metes and bounds or survey descriptions; copy it for any survey or title request.
Open the official Brown County, WI 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.