Blog · October 14, 2026 · Wisconsin
Using the New London Flood Zone Map
The zone on FEMA's map affects insurance, building and resale near Bear Creek.
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Before an offer near Dale, pull up the New London flood zone map: FEMA's zone label affects insurance, permits and resale. In this New London guide: locating a parcel on FEMA's map, reading the zone codes, and pairing it with the Outagamie County ArcGIS parcel map.
Where the New London flood zone map lives
Flood zones come from FEMA's Flood Map Service Center: search an address around Bear Creek, and choose the dynamic map. Vacant ground around Greenville is still easy to locate: search the nearest road then click the parcel area.
The free map to start with
Your first stop is the Outagamie County ArcGIS parcel map; it maps every assessed parcel from Dale to Bear Creek. Closer to Greenville, type a street address, an owner's name or a parcel number, then pick the result to center the map on it. Closer to Hortonville, write down the parcel ID before closing the panel; each clerk in the county asks for it first.
City limits and county records
New London is part of Outagamie County, Wisconsin, so its parcels are on the county's map. For a home near Hortonville, city or town hall handles things like zoning, permits and utilities within town limits, but the county runs assessment and recording. Land beyond the city limits toward Bear Creek often follows county rules, not municipal ones.
Outagamie County in a few facts
Appleton is the county seat, where most land records are kept. Smaller places on the map include Hortonville, Shiocton, Dale, and Bear Creek, where town lots give way to larger tracts. Around 193,234 people live in Outagamie County (Census Bureau estimate, 2023) on some 638 square miles. The county was organized in 1852, and some chains of title near Hortonville are long.
Reading A, AE and X
An AE label comes with a base flood elevation, while plain Zone A does not; surveyors near Dale use that number. Out toward Greenville, shaded Zone X is moderate risk, between the 1% and 0.2% annual chance floods; plain X, or C on older maps, is minimal risk.
Next door to Outagamie County
Outagamie County meets Brown County, Calumet County, Shawano County, Waupaca County, and Winnebago County, and each of those keeps its own parcel map. Acreage along the edge near Shiocton can be split in two county records, so look at the neighboring map as well. Out toward Hortonville, the Platbookmapper state page links each bordering county map for Wisconsin.
What to request from a seller
Ask the listing agent whether the home has flooded on the property near Dale; an insurance quote early avoids surprises.
Parcel lines plus flood zones
FEMA's map shows zones but not ownership, so open the Outagamie County ArcGIS parcel map next to see exactly which lot near Dale you're looking at.
Field tips
Most viewers work in a phone browser, which helps when you're standing on land near Dale, but coverage can be spotty out of town. A printout of the tract near Dale helps when you meet an owner or agent.
Legal descriptions in Wisconsin
Wisconsin follows the Public Land Survey System, so deeds around Black Creek reference sections and townships. Each section is nominally a mile square, about 640 acres, and a township holds 36 of them, though sections near Dale can be irregular. Write down the legal description for the tract near Shiocton when you talk to a surveyor.
Recorded documents worth pulling
For acreage around Shiocton, the map is an index, not the title: deeds, plats and easements for parcels in the county sit with the Register of Deeds. Out toward Greenville, use the instrument number shown in the record panel to skip a name search.
Money questions tied to the zone
For a home near Bear Creek, get the Elevation Certificate if one exists: it can change the insurance price a lot. Building or adding on near Shiocton in a mapped zone usually means extra permit review; check with the county or town building office early.
Water near Black Creek
Small streams around Hortonville aren't always studied in detail, so ask neighbors about past flooding. Marshy spots near Hortonville can limit building too; the National Wetlands Inventory mapper shows mapped wetlands.
Quick answers
Where do I find the BFE for a lot near Bear Creek?
Short answer: a BFE near Dale tells builders how high the lowest floor should be; surveyors near Greenville use it often.
Is AE a high-risk flood zone around Greenville?
It depends, but AE is a Special Flood Hazard Area with a published base flood elevation, which shapes building rules near Greenville.
What if the flood map is wrong for my lot near Shiocton?
For most people, you can ask FEMA for a LOMA if surveyed elevations show the building near Black Creek is above the BFE; a surveyor's elevation data supports it.
How do I check the flood zone for an address in New London?
FEMA's free map shows the zone for any spot near Greenville, which takes a couple of minutes.
What is a parcel ID near Bear Creek?
It's the number the county real property listing office uses to track a tract near Black Creek, and it's on the record panel and tax bills.
Open the official Outagamie 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.