Blog · October 14, 2026 · Ohio
Pike County Flood Zone Map: checking a property's flood zone
The zone on FEMA's map affects insurance, building and resale near Arkoe.
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Ahead of any purchase around Beaver, look at the Pike County flood zone map: FEMA's zone label affects insurance, permits and resale. In this county guide: locating a parcel on FEMA's map, decoding A, AE and X, and confirming the outline on the county map, especially near Piketon.
Getting started with the Pike County flood zone map
Near Byington, start with FEMA's Flood Map Service Center: enter the street address, and choose the dynamic map. A tract near Piketon without an address can still be found: zoom in from the nearest road and click inside the land.
Where the parcel data lives
Your first stop is the Pike County parcel viewer; it includes every tax parcel around Waverly and Piketon. For land near Byington, type a street address, an owner's name or a parcel number, and the matching parcel lights up. With a lot near Byington, save the parcel ID before closing the panel; each records desk in the county asks for it first.
A short flood checklist
Ask the seller about past flood claims on the property near Cynthiana; getting a quote early keeps the budget honest.
Water near Beaver
Low-lying fields near Buchanan may not have detailed mapping, so walk the land after rain. Wetlands near Cynthiana can limit building even outside a flood zone; the National Wetlands Inventory mapper shows mapped wetlands.
Limits of the parcel data
If the land is near Waverly, listed acreage is an estimate; only a licensed surveyor establishes the real corners on the ground. If the land is near Buchanan, owner names and values update on a schedule, so a deed recorded last month can take weeks to appear.
Which office to call
Deeds, mortgages and recorded plats for land near Piketon come from the County Recorder, usually searchable by name or document number. Questions about what you can build around Waverly are for the local planning and health departments, town or county, depending on location.
Reading A, AE and X
With a lot near Beaver, A and V zones are Special Flood Hazard Areas, meaning a 1% or greater chance of flooding each year. If you're looking near Stockdale, shaded Zone X marks moderate flood hazard, roughly the 100- to 500-year range; unshaded X means minimal mapped risk.
Next door to Pike County
Pike County borders Adams County, Highland County, Jackson County, Ross County, and Scioto County; every one of them runs a separate parcel map. Acreage along the edge near Beaver may show up across two assessors' files, so check the neighboring map before you assume the acreage. On ground around Stockdale, our state page links every bordering county map for Ohio.
Use the county map alongside FEMA
FEMA's map shows zones but not ownership, so check the Pike County parcel viewer too to see exactly which lot near Byington you're looking at.
Sections, lots and bearings
Rural deeds near Piketon are often described by metes and bounds, a series of courses and distances from a starting point. Subdivision lots in Arkoe refer to a recorded plat, making them easier to find. Copy the legal description from the record for the parcel near Beaver before you request a deed or survey.
Getting your bearings
Waverly is the county seat, where most land records are kept. Other places on the map include Beaver, Piketon, Cynthiana, and Stockdale, each with its own cluster of lots. Around 27,001 people live in Pike County (Census Bureau estimate, 2023) spread over about 440 square miles. The county was organized in 1815, so old deeds can run back a long way, especially near Stockdale.
Recorded documents worth pulling
If the land is near Stockdale, the map is an index, not the title: recorded deeds, plats and easements for parcels in the county sit with the County Recorder. If the land is near Waverly, use the document number listed on the parcel record and the lookup takes minutes.
On site with the map
Most viewers work in a phone browser, useful out on a road near Byington, though signal can drop in rural spots. A saved image of the lot near Piketon and its lines keeps working without signal.
Insurance, lenders and building
For property near Piketon, an Elevation Certificate from a surveyor helps: it can change the insurance price a lot. Remodeling a house in a zone near Beaver often needs a floodplain permit; call the permitting office early.
Questions about the Pike County flood zone map
What is the difference between Zone A and AE for land near Stockdale?
Short answer: an AE zone has a 1% annual chance of flooding and a base flood elevation, so builders near Cynthiana design to that elevation.
What is a base flood elevation around Buchanan?
For a home near Byington, the BFE is printed in AE zones on FEMA's map, and an Elevation Certificate compares the building to it.
How do I check the flood zone for an address around Waverly?
For most people, look up the spot near Piketon in FEMA's National Flood Hazard Layer viewer, which takes a couple of minutes.
How often are flood maps updated near Stockdale?
Good question; zones near Arkoe can shift when FEMA updates a panel; check the effective date on the panel.
How is land described in Ohio deeds in Pike County?
If you're looking near Piketon, deeds use lot and block, metes and bounds or survey descriptions; copy it for any survey or title request.
Open the official Pike County, OH 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.