Blog · October 14, 2026 · North Dakota
Using the McIntosh County Flood Zone Map
The zone on FEMA's map affects insurance, building and resale near Lehr.
Main page: McIntosh County, ND GIS & Parcel Viewer (official map link, county facts and neighboring maps).
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Weighing a property around Zeeland? The McIntosh County flood zone map tells you whether it sits in a FEMA flood zone, and the lookup is free. In this McIntosh County guide: the free FEMA tools, what each zone label means, when insurance is required and what a LOMA is.
The McIntosh County flood zone map: start here
If the land is near Lehr, flood zones come from FEMA's Flood Map Service Center: enter the street address, and pick the FIRMette or map view. Rural land near Lehr with no street number can still be found: zoom in from the nearest road and click the spot.
Where the parcel data lives
Your first stop is the McIntosh County ArcGIS parcel map; it includes each tax parcel from Lehr to Ashley. Out toward Venturia, put in a street address, an owner's name or a parcel number, then pick the result to center the map on it. If you're looking near Wishek, the parcel card normally shows the owner of record, acreage on the tax roll, a parcel ID and sometimes recent sales.
Getting your bearings
Ashley is the county seat, home to the main records offices. Other places on the map include Lehr, Venturia, Wishek, and Zeeland. About 2,488 people live in McIntosh County (Census estimate, 2023) spread over roughly 975 square miles. McIntosh County was organized in 1883, so old deeds can run back a long way.
Who handles what
Deeds, mortgages and recorded plats for land near Wishek sit in the index kept by the County Recorder, sometimes only in person. Zoning, permits and septic questions near Ashley are for the local planning and health departments, and the answer depends on jurisdiction.
Reading the legal description
North Dakota uses the Public Land Survey System, so deeds around Venturia reference sections and townships. Each section is nominally a mile square, about 640 acres, with 36 sections to a township, though real sections near Venturia vary in size. Keep the legal description for land near Zeeland for any title or survey request.
Questions to ask before you buy
Ask the seller about past flood claims for the house near Ashley; an insurance quote early avoids surprises.
Land on the county line
McIntosh County touches Dickey County, Emmons County, LaMoure County, Logan County, and Campbell County, SD; every one of them runs a separate parcel map. A tract near the line by Lehr may show up in two county records, so open the neighboring map too. If you're looking near Zeeland, our state page links every bordering county map across North Dakota.
Beyond the mapped zones
Low-lying fields near Ashley may not have detailed mapping, so walk the land after rain. Wetlands near Ashley can limit building even outside a flood zone; check the National Wetlands Inventory mapper for a first look.
What the zone letters mean
If the land is near Zeeland, A and V zones are Special Flood Hazard Areas, which FEMA defines as a 1% annual chance of flooding. For land near Wishek, minimal risk is not no risk: according to FEMA, floods happen outside mapped zones too.
Parcel lines plus flood zones
FEMA doesn't draw property lines, so open the McIntosh County ArcGIS parcel map next to see exactly which lot near Zeeland you're looking at.
Money questions tied to the zone
If you're looking near Lehr, ask for an Elevation Certificate: it compares the building to the BFE. Building or adding on near Wishek in a mapped zone often needs a floodplain permit; ask the local floodplain administrator early.
Deeds, plats and who keeps them
Before you sign anything, request the recorded deed from the County Recorder; the viewer just points to it, which applies near Venturia as much as anywhere. With a lot near Zeeland, bring the book and page from the tax record and the lookup takes minutes.
Using it on a phone
Most viewers work in a phone browser, useful out on a road near Venturia, though signal can drop in rural spots. A saved image of the lot near Zeeland and its lines keeps working without signal.
Before you lean on the lines
For acreage around Zeeland, the acreage figure is a tax-roll number; only a licensed surveyor can set the real corners on the ground. On ground around Lehr, records update in batches, so a deed recorded last month may not show yet.
Frequently asked
How do I check the flood zone for an address around Venturia?
Generally, FEMA's free map shows the zone for any spot near Wishek, and the zone code appears on the map.
Does the county parcel map show flood zones for land near Zeeland?
Usually, the parcel map near Ashley might show FEMA zones, though it can lag behind FEMA's current panels.
What is a LOMA around Venturia?
For most people, FEMA's LOMA process is the usual route when a building near Ashley sits above the base flood elevation, and lenders accept the result.
What is the difference between Zone A and AE near Lehr?
Short answer: AE is a Special Flood Hazard Area with a published base flood elevation, so builders near Venturia design to that elevation.
Why do offices ask for the parcel ID near Venturia?
Every office uses it to pull the same file for land near Wishek; you'll see it in the viewer and on tax statements.
Open the official McIntosh County, ND 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.