Blog · October 17, 2026 · Missouri
Mountain Grove Flood Zone Map: checking a property's flood zone
Flood zones are set by FEMA, and checking one near Cabool takes a few minutes.
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Before you buy or build near Raymondville, pull up the Mountain Grove flood zone map: a mapped flood zone changes insurance, building rules and resale. Covered here for Mountain Grove: finding the address on FEMA's map, decoding A, AE and X, and confirming the outline on the county map.
The Mountain Grove flood zone map: start here
Start with FEMA's Flood Map Service Center: search an address around Summersville, then open the map view for that panel. A tract near Cabool without an address can still be found: zoom in from the nearest road and click the spot.
Getting to the right map
Lots and tracts near Cabool can be looked up on the Texas County BreezeMaps viewer, free to use and open without a login. For a tract near Houston, enter a street address, an owner's name or a parcel number, and the matching parcel lights up. In and around Raymondville, the record panel normally shows the owner of record, acreage on the tax roll, a parcel ID and sometimes recent sales.
City limits and county records
Mountain Grove sits in Texas County, Missouri, which means parcel data comes from the county. For a tract near Raymondville, city or town hall handles things like zoning, permits and utilities within town limits, while the county keeps the tax map. Land beyond the town limits near Raymondville often falls under county rules, not municipal ones.
When a parcel crosses a boundary
Texas County borders Dent County, Douglas County, Howell County, Laclede County, and Phelps County, and each of those keeps its own parcel map. Acreage along the edge near Summersville can show up in two county records, so open the adjacent map too. If you're looking near Summersville, the Platbookmapper state page links each bordering county map for Missouri.
Offices that can help
For assessment questions about property around Licking are handled by the County Assessor, since that office keeps the assessment data. Building or septic questions for a lot near Raymondville are for the local planning and health departments, depending on whether the land is inside town limits.
What the zone letters mean
For a tract near Houston, any A or V zone are Special Flood Hazard Areas, land with a 1-percent chance of flooding in any year. If the land is near Summersville, a low-risk label isn't a guarantee: according to FEMA, floods happen outside mapped zones too.
Texas County in a few facts
Houston serves as the county seat, home to the main records offices. You'll also find Cabool, Licking, and Summersville, each with its own cluster of lots. About 25,619 people live in Texas County (Census estimate, 2023) on roughly 1,177 square miles. Texas County was organized in 1845, so old deeds can run back a long way. Landmarks such as Mark Twain National Forest help you orient on the aerial around Licking.
Beyond the mapped zones
Low-lying fields near Cabool may not have detailed mapping, so ask neighbors about past flooding. Marshy spots near Cabool can limit building too; the National Wetlands Inventory mapper shows mapped wetlands.
A word on accuracy
Parcel lines are drawn for taxes, not measured on the ground, so a fence near Summersville can sit several feet off the line on screen. If the land is near Cabool, owner names and values update on a schedule, so a deed recorded last month might lag behind.
Questions to ask before you buy
Ask the listing agent for any Elevation Certificate for the house near Licking; getting a quote early keeps the budget honest.
Use the county map alongside FEMA
FEMA doesn't draw property lines, so open the Texas County BreezeMaps viewer next to confirm you have the right parcel near Houston.
Sections, lots and bearings
Missouri uses the Public Land Survey System, so rural legal descriptions near Cabool cite section, township and range. A standard section is about one square mile, roughly 640 acres, and a township holds 36 of them, though sections near Cabool can be irregular. Keep the legal description for land near Summersville for any title or survey request.
What a flood zone means for a buyer
If a building sits in a Special Flood Hazard Area and a federally regulated lender is involved, mandatory purchase rules apply where the community participates in the National Flood Insurance Program, and that holds around Cabool too. Remodeling a house in a zone near Plato can trigger elevation rules; call the permitting office before you plan.
Frequently asked
Will my lender require flood insurance near Raymondville?
Lenders generally require it for buildings near Plato in a Special Flood Hazard Area when the loan is federally regulated or insured; outside those zones it's your call.
Can I see flood zones on the Texas County BreezeMaps viewer?
Short answer: a flood layer may appear in the county BreezeMaps viewer layer list; confirm a lot near Cabool on FEMA's map either way.
Is AE a high-risk flood zone near Cabool?
In most cases, both are high-risk zones, but only AE has a base flood elevation, so builders near Licking design to that elevation.
How often are flood maps updated for land near Plato?
Good question; a new study can move a zone line near Licking; check the effective date on the panel.
Why do offices ask for the parcel ID in Mountain Grove?
The parcel ID identifies one tax parcel near Raymondville; you'll see it in the viewer and on tax statements.
Open the official Texas County, MO 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.