Blog · October 14, 2026 · North Carolina
Using the Hoke County Flood Zone Map
Flood zones are set by FEMA, and checking one near Lumber River State Park takes a few minutes.
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Weighing a property around Raeford? The Hoke County flood zone map tells you whether the lot falls inside a mapped floodplain, and it costs nothing to check. Covered here for Hoke County: finding the address on FEMA's map, reading the zone codes, and matching it with the county parcel viewer.
Where the Hoke County flood zone map lives
Around Dundarrach, start with FEMA's Flood Map Service Center: enter the street address, and choose the dynamic map. Rural land near Five Points with no street number can still be found: zoom in from US Route 15 and click inside the land.
Pulling up a parcel
Begin with the Hoke County parcel viewer; it includes each tax parcel in the county, Ashley Heights included. When a rural tract has no street number, follow US Route 15 on the aerial and click the parcel itself, for land near Ashley Heights included. With a lot near Bowmore, a pop-up or side panel normally shows the owner of record, assessed acreage, a parcel ID and sometimes recent sales.
Reading the legal description
Tracts outside towns near Five Points commonly use metes-and-bounds descriptions, a series of courses and distances from a starting point. Town lots near Bowmore usually use lot and block from a recorded plat instead, which is simpler to follow. Keep the legal description for land near Rockfish for any title or survey request.
Decoding the flood zone labels
With a lot near Lumber River State Park, any A or V zone are Special Flood Hazard Areas, land with a 1-percent chance of flooding in any year. With a lot near Five Points, shaded Zone X marks moderate flood hazard, between the 1% and 0.2% annual chance floods; unshaded X means minimal mapped risk.
Hoke County in a few facts
Raeford is the county seat, home to the main records offices. You'll also find Ashley Heights, Bowmore, Dundarrach, and Five Points, where town lots give way to larger tracts. Roughly 54,446 people live in Hoke County (Census Bureau estimate, 2023) on some 390 square miles. The county dates to 1911, so old deeds can run back a long way, at least around Ashley Heights. Features like Lumber River State Park help you orient on the aerial.
Water near Raeford
Small streams around Dundarrach may not have detailed mapping, so look for water marks and debris lines. Marshy spots near Dundarrach can limit building too; the National Wetlands Inventory mapper shows mapped wetlands.
Deeds, plats and who keeps them
For anything that matters, pull the recorded deed through the Register of Deeds; the parcel line is a drawing of it, for land near Ashley Heights included. If the land is near Raeford, have ready the document number listed on the parcel record to skip a name search.
What to request from a seller
For a home near Ashley Heights, request for any Elevation Certificate before closing; getting a quote early keeps the budget honest.
On site with the map
The parcel map usually runs in a mobile browser, which helps when you're standing on land near Ashley Heights, so load it before you lose signal. A printout of the tract near Ashley Heights helps when you meet an owner or agent.
Parcel lines plus flood zones
FEMA's map shows zones but not ownership, so open the Hoke County parcel viewer next to see exactly which lot near Ashley Heights you're looking at.
Insurance, lenders and building
For property near Raeford, an Elevation Certificate from a surveyor helps: it records the building's elevation against the base flood. Building or adding on near Raeford in a mapped zone can trigger elevation rules; call the permitting office early.
Getting answers from the right desk
For assessment questions about property around Ashley Heights belong with the county tax office, which maintains the tax roll. Building or septic questions for a lot near Raeford are for the local planning and health departments, and the answer depends on jurisdiction.
Limits of the parcel data
In and around Raeford, listed acreage is an assessed number; just a licensed surveyor sets the real boundary on the ground. In and around Raeford, owner names and values update on a schedule, so a deed recorded last month can take weeks to appear.
Frequently asked
What is a LOMA around Ashley Heights?
You can ask FEMA for a LOMA if surveyed elevations show the building near Dundarrach is above the BFE, and lenders accept the result.
What is a base flood elevation around Raeford?
Out toward Lumber River State Park, the base flood elevation is the water level expected in the 1% annual chance flood, and an Elevation Certificate compares the building to it.
Does the county parcel map show flood zones for land near Lumber River State Park?
In most cases, a flood layer may appear in the county parcel viewer layer list; confirm a lot near Ashley Heights on FEMA's map either way.
Is Zone X safe from flooding in Hoke County?
For most people, Zone X near Raeford means moderate (shaded) or minimal (unshaded) mapped risk; many owners near Ashley Heights buy coverage anyway.
Who keeps deeds for property around Ashley Heights?
On ground around Lumber River State Park, values are the county tax office's job; recorded documents belong to the Register of Deeds.
Open the official Hoke County, NC 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.