Blog · October 14, 2026 · Arkansas
Using the Little Rock Flood Zone Map
The zone on FEMA's map affects insurance, building and resale near Sherwood.
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Weighing a property around Jacksonville? Checking the Little Rock flood zone map reveals whether it sits in a FEMA flood zone, and no account is needed. This Little Rock guide covers: finding the address on FEMA's map, reading the zone codes, and pairing it with the Pulaski County parcel viewer.
Getting started with the Little Rock flood zone map
Start with FEMA's Flood Map Service Center: search an address around Maumelle, and pick the FIRMette or map view. Rural land near Maumelle with no street number is still easy to locate: zoom in from Interstate 430 and click inside the land.
Where the parcel data lives
Go first to the Pulaski County parcel viewer; it covers each assessed parcel from Cammack Village to North Little Rock. If you're looking near Jacksonville, put in a street address, an owner's name or a parcel number, and the matching parcel lights up. If the land is near Maumelle, write down the parcel ID while you have it open; each office in the county asks for it first.
Getting answers from the right desk
If the acreage or value on a parcel near Jacksonville looks off go to the County Assessor, since that office keeps the assessment data. Questions about what you can build around North Little Rock go to planning, building or health offices, depending on whether the land is inside town limits.
Little Rock and the county around it
The city is part of Pulaski County, Arkansas, so its parcels are on the county's map, at least around North Little Rock. As the county seat, Little Rock hosts the courthouse, so deeds and plats are filed in town. For a home near Jacksonville, city or town hall handles things like zoning, permits and utilities within town limits, but the county runs assessment and recording. Acreage past the city limits out by Maumelle generally follows county rules rather than the town's.
Decoding the flood zone labels
Zone AE carries a published BFE, which plain A zones lack; builders around Maumelle design to it. For acreage around Cammack Village, a shaded X area is moderate risk, roughly the 100- to 500-year range; unshaded X is minimal risk.
Use the county map alongside FEMA
FEMA's map shows zones but not ownership, so check the Pulaski County parcel viewer too for the outline of the tract near Maumelle.
Money questions tied to the zone
On ground around Jacksonville, get the Elevation Certificate if one exists: it compares the building to the BFE. Building or adding on near Jacksonville in a mapped zone can trigger elevation rules; check with the county or town building office early.
Reading the legal description
Arkansas is laid out under the Public Land Survey System, which means a tract near Cammack Village 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 sections near North Little Rock can be irregular. Copy the legal description from the record for the parcel near Wrightsville before you request a deed or survey.
Beyond the mapped zones
Small streams around Sherwood aren't always studied in detail, so ask neighbors about past flooding. Marshy spots near Sherwood can limit building too; the National Wetlands Inventory mapper shows mapped wetlands.
Places you'll see on the map
The city is the county seat, which is where the courthouse records live, at least around North Little Rock. You'll also find Cammack Village, North Little Rock, Maumelle, and Wrightsville, where town lots give way to larger tracts. Around 400,009 people call Pulaski County home (Census Bureau estimate, 2023) across about 758 square miles. Pulaski County dates to 1818, and some chains of title near Jacksonville are long.
Land on the county line
Pulaski County meets Faulkner County, Grant County, Jefferson County, Lonoke County, and Perry County, all with their own assessor records. Ground near Maumelle that runs to the line can be split in two county records, so open the neighboring map too. For acreage around Cammack Village, the Platbookmapper state page links every neighboring county map for Arkansas.
The paper trail behind a parcel
For anything that matters, request the recorded deed through the Circuit Clerk; the parcel map near Wrightsville only summarizes it. Inherited tracts near Maumelle may go back through several deeds, so a title company earns its fee on a real sale.
What to request from a seller
Ask the listing agent for any Elevation Certificate for the house near North Little Rock; an insurance quote early keeps the budget honest.
Frequently asked
Is flood insurance mandatory near North Little Rock?
Good question; for a building near Maumelle in an A or V zone with a federally backed or regulated mortgage, it's generally required; elsewhere it's optional.
What is a base flood elevation for land near Wrightsville?
For most people, a BFE near Jacksonville tells builders how high the lowest floor should be; local rules may require building above it.
How can I tell if a house near Sherwood is in a flood zone?
In most cases, FEMA's free map shows the zone for any spot near Sherwood, which takes a couple of minutes.
How often are flood maps updated around Wrightsville?
Good question; a new study can move a zone line near Sherwood; check the effective date on the panel.
Can I download parcel lines near Maumelle?
Some viewers offer PDF export, and it's worth keeping the parcel ID visible for land near Jacksonville.
Open the official Pulaski County, AR 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.